**Life exists only in the present. Be happy in it.** While there is something to be said about learning from the past and planning for the future, **the most important thing is the now**. Dwelling in the past, and fretting about the future is not living in the present. The present is all that matters. [[There is Only Now]]. It's where life exists. > Go home to the present - [[Essentialism]] Develop your powers of sight and sound. Notice those ordinary things you long stopped paying attention to. Be present in your space, in your moment. Stop tuning out the beautiful complexity of the world around you. Train yourself to [[focus]] on the little things. What can you touch, hear, and see? [[Meditation]] helps increase awareness of and appreciation for the present. > Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. - Bill Keane The desire for more, the desire for progress, can be the enemy of enjoying the process. The process is all there is. It is today. It is the present. [[Love the Process]]. [[Results are not Presence]]. You may ask yourself, which of your [[Three Selves]] have you been listening to lately? **** # More ## Source - [[Stillness is the Key]] - [[Flow]] - [[21 Lessons for the 21st Century]] - [[10% Happier]] - [[The Little Book of Hygge]] - [[4000 Weeks]] - [Showing all quotes that contain 'Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. and Today is a gift'.](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?q=Yesterday+is+history.+Tomorrow+is+a+mystery.+and+Today+is+a+gift) ## Related - [[Enough is Hard to Recognize]] - [[Self Improvement ≠ Self Loathing]] - [[Love the Process]] - [[What's Important Now]] - [[Financial Independence]] - [[Stoicism]] - [[Meditation]] - [[Hygge]] - [[Results are not Presence]] - [[Continuous Partial Attention]] - [[Silence is Listening to Everything]] - [[Living For Now]]