The Present is All There Ever Was

Have you ever thought about how we consider the Past, Present, and Future as if they’re three equally important concepts and time periods of your life?

The truth is: among those three, the Present is actually the only one that really exists.

And what I mean by that is simply this:

Time, after all, is not tracked by nature. Only humans track time — only humans put numbers into years, or declared that there would be 7 days in a week. Nature never defined time, only humans did.

So don’t get bogged down by your past — it doesn’t exist anymore

And don’t get too anxious about your future — it doesn’t exist yet.

The present, is all there is, and all there ever was. So live in it fully, because it’s the only thing you ever had.

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