Madeleine ThienThe present is all we have, yet it is the one thing we will never learn to hold in our hands.
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When we are young, our present seems so big. We have so many plans for our future and so many dreams of how it will be. But, as we get older, our present is all we have. We may have plans for our future, but the only thing we can control from day to day is the present. It’s the one thing we will never learn to hold in our hands.
Source: Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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