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Wher Do We Live

Where Do We Live? We live in the past: Peaks and valleys, pain and suffering, joy and grief hurt and pleasure. We live in the future: Plans and fears, employment and retirement, marriage and children, health and wealth. We rarely live in the present. We are either living in the past or in the future or both. We are a sum of both. When do we stop to: smell a flower, read a book, watch a sunrise, walk on the beach, meet a friend, go to church. We can’t add an hour to our lives, nor an inch to our height, by remembering the past or planning for the future. We can live in the present if we let go of the past and worry less of our future.

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