82 Quotes About Living In The Present

Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. Steve Maraboli

THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell you And you will turn back The hands of time. Smile, I tell you And you will reflect The face of the divine. Sing, I tell you And all the angels will sing with you! Cry, I tell you And the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday To guide you through the fears of tomorrow. Suzy Kassem

Don’t spend too much time grieving for me, Elena. I know you’re probably a little sad as you’re reading this, since that means I’m dead and you’re having to learn how to go on in a new way. I would be sad if you didn’t miss me, so I won’t tell you not to, but I will tell you to keep on living. The world is full of beautiful music, flowers, places, and experiences. Enjoy it all as much as you can. Just remember it’s the people in your life that make it worthwhile.. People and memories, not things are what’s important in the end. Nothing else matters as much as that. M. Reed McCall

I'd rather be on the ground than under To feel the heavy rain and the thunder. Ana Claudia Antunes

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. Amit Ray

Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishes us in every sense. Amit Ray

Nothing cuts a neural route faster through the brain then a pinch of pain. Periods of unhappiness penetrate and scar the brain. Experiencing intense periods of unpleasantness incites us to grow. If we can bunt the destructive forces of extreme pain and embrace its forceful impact for its educational value, experiencing profound pain causes us to appreciate the pleasure of simply living in the moment, enjoying each blade of grass in nature’s glorious bouts of beauty. . Kilroy J. Oldster

Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief. Oliver Gaspirtz

Life doesn't happen to you, it happens FROM you. Gregg Korrol

As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example. Germany Kent

Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the fragrance spreads, and the bees come. Amit Ray

Mind is like a net, drawn by the needles of past and future. Mindfulness is the way for not getting stuck into that net. Amit Ray

Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awareness to the present moment. Amit Ray

Harness the power of today. Seize the blessings of today! Make something happen, enhance your life, make someone laugh, help a friend, love, love, love! Steve Maraboli

To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it…it’s over. It can hurt you no more. Mandy Hale

No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is where your power lies. Mandy Hale

When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. Mandy Hale

Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter and comprehend all the beauty that surrounds them. We find bliss by living alertly and unequivocally accepting whatever is occurring in the present moment. If a person realizes that the present moment is all that matters, they will gain an inner stillness and appreciate the beauty and joy of each day. . Kilroy J. Oldster

We each want nothing more than to live for the moment. Nature hardwired us perpetually to follow the call of the wild, cull all the highs in life, and rejoice in life by dancing, singing, jumping, building nests, creating beauty, and playing with our young. We each find ourselves happiest when we are engaging in conduct that makes us feel alive. Kilroy J. Oldster

A feeling of joy if not shared or tasted is a waste of a chance to be embraced. Ana Claudia Antunes

Find comfort in little things and joy in unexpected moments. Holly Elissa Bruno

Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that is the key Karen Hackel

It's not in the life, it's in the living. Raheel Farooq

When I live each day so well, I will have no regrets when tomorrow never comes. Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is a fragile and awesome gift. Steve Goodier

I want to do a good job living today. Katerina StoykovaKlemer

Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on. Rasheed Ogunlaru

In order to live in the present, we have to learn how to feel safe even when a situation feels threatening to us. John Kuypers

We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. Thich Nhat Hanh

You owe it to your inner-self to never allow your past to take the place of your present or future. Unknown

Pyschoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The future is not some place we're going to, but an idea in our mind now. It is something we're creating, that in turn creates us. The future is a fantasy that shapes our present. Stephen Grosz

So the earth is shaking Here the word's faking As there's no time for lies. Kiss and dance all nights! In no need of balance Nothing makes sense Get it loose with no excuse. Shake and dance! Ana Claudia Antunes

The picture enclosed here is of a hibiscus that has been flowering in the parlor window one bloom at a time for what seems like a year or more. It’s getting to where I don’t remember when there wasn’t a bud or two and a flower either out or on the way. This morning there is a fresh new flower just like the one in the picture, but right next to it is the one that was new yesterday and is already spent. I don’t know whether to be happy for the beautiful one or sad for the one that is gone. I guess if I wait until tomorrow I can be sad for the one that is so beautiful now. But how can I anticipate being sad for something that is so pretty? It’s really a good thing that people can only “see” the present because we are on the same train as a hibiscus except that we are on a longer trip. I’ve told you before but it fits in here so I will say it again. Sometimes I get feeling so good that I get afraid to anticipate the loss. If life could be a series of beautiful scenes and beautiful music and pleasant visits with people we love, then life should just go on forever. I suppose that’s why people get old and feeble with wandering minds. What is can end without too much loss, and what was did not stop so will be forever. Right now and as far as I can see, I want to be this morning’s flower. I’ll be a hibiscus. You be a rose… . M. Reed McCall

They would no longer be time-bound, that they were free to live in the future, the past, in fantasy. She had been a woman preparing to live, not living. Kiana Davenport

I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present. Jonathan Harnisch

The circumstances surrounding your birth are not as important as the opportunity to live life. Lailah Gifty Akita

You start to live when you commit your life to cause higher than yourself. You must learn to depend on divine power for the fulfillment of a higher calling. Lailah GiftyAkita

Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments. Amit Ray

Live in the present, or die in your past; it's your choice. Bryant McGill

I am not oxytocin but i will try to become, because I am Live In oxytocin Society Sushil Singh

I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and bald as a road. But memory is never like that. It makes hills of feeling in collapsed hours, a scene of enclosure made all precious by its frame. Lydia Millet

Living in the land of, "What if..?" leads to emotional paralysis. It sets the stage for doom and gloom thinking. It prevents us from experiencing the beauty of the present moment. Happiness resides in the here and now. It can not thrive in a prison of the past or in the worry of future outcomes that may or may not, happen. We need to trust that we have the divine wisdom within ourselves and through the support of others, to climb the treacherous terrain this human existence brings. It is worth the struggle. The view from the top is extraordinary. Onward and upward! . Jaeda DeWalt

Idleness is a form of passivity in an active universe. Michael Bassey Johnson

It seems sometimes that we get so caught up in missing the past, or looking forward to the future, that we forget that this, right here and now, was once the days we longed for and will soon be the ones we miss. John A. Ashley

Success and happiness are always missed by those who leave the present unattended to. Unknown

Write to Say something, Say to Make something, Make to Be something. Shashidhar Sa

Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good day to die. Every day is also an apt time to learn and express joy and love for the entire natural world. Each day is an apt time to make contact with other people and express empathy for the entire world. Each day is perfect to accept with indifference all aspects of being. Kilroy J. Oldster

To take that second chance, we need to notice where we are and be open to the possibility of growing. Holly Elissa Bruno

Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. Amit Ray

Mindfulness is not entering into another planet. It is making you good at what you do. It is restoring your link to the source of life. Amit Ray

Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future. Michelle CruzRosado

The way is yours for the asking - the way is yours for the taking. The way is as it should be. Karen Hackel

In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line. Henry David Thoreau

Sometimes it took death for me to see life, don't live with regrets keep your head high. In a world filled with beauty I don't want to blink twice; soak up every moment because you can't stop time. Puerto Rican Princess

You could continue to repress and think about the life you could have had or you can take what you want from life and see that the world finds that person infinitely more irresistible... Roberto Hogue

We can best honor our dead by livin' well. Moving' forward dusna mean y love them any less. It just means ye're still alive. Heather Blanton

You are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent. Gordon B. Hinckley

Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. Sharon Salzberg

Letting yesterday affect today will only destroy the excitement of tomorrow. Michelle CruzRosado

Seize the day, then let it go. Marty Rubin

The kind of people I absolutely cannot tolerate are those who never let you forget they are religious. It seems to me that a truly religious person would let his life be example enough, would not let his religion interfere with being a human being, and would not be so insecure as to have to fawn publicly before his gods. W.P. Kinsella

My advice for life: dance and sing your song while the party is still on. Rasheed Ogunlaru

If you're in your 20s now, by the time you're 75, you'll be able to live 'til you're 150. By the time you're 150 you'll be able to live 'til you're 300. See you at your 1000th birthday party! Neil A. Hogan

No more tomorrows. Today is the day. Richie Norton

I lit the candles and said out loud, “what am I waiting on? Someone to sell them in a garage sale for a quarter after I die?” And it was beautiful. And the smell was even more incredible than I remembered. Paula Heller Garland

We choose to live life to the fullest because it is in our best interest to do so. - Charmainism Charmaine Smith Ladd

I understood that the attachment to myself and my image .. was actually taking me away from my self, away from this wonderful opportunity to just sit, just breathe, just feel the warm animal of my body, just feel the soft, sultry heat of June. The density of my attachment was making it impossible for me to have a truly satisfying experience of life in my body just as it was in the moment. When under the sway of this obsession, my mind's attention was always in the fantasized future, or the idealized or devalued past - never present to the reality of the moment. . Stephen Cope