The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
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I have arrived. I am home in the here, in the now. I am solid. I am free. In the ultimate I dwell.
Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
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