The future is keeping you out of the present time.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The future preoccupies us so much we miss living in the present moment.
- In plain terms
- Worrying about tomorrow keeps you from enjoying today.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on the present instead of the future.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How often do you dwell on the future?
- What pulls you out of the present?
Another view
It oversimplifies the need to plan for the future.
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