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What does it mean?
Tomorrow is our permanent address, and we will keep moving further into the present.
In plain terms
We always live in the now, never staying still.
What can you take from it?
Embrace the present moment.

Where it applies

  • poetry reading
  • personal reflection

Putting it to work

  • practice mindfulness
  • stay adaptable

Questions to consider

  • How does focusing on now affect stress?
  • What are the limits of perpetual change?

Another view

Constant motion can cause anxiety.

More from E. E. Cummings

  1. yes is a pleasant country: love is a deeper season than reason

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  2. nothing except the impossible shall occur

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  3. true lovers in each happening of their hearts live longer than all which and every who;

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