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“We are vulnerable to fear only when we leave the present. If I drift into the past, my regrets surge up, my memories of failing and forsaking. If I shift into the future, I meet with doubt and delusion, fear of what's to come, what I'm not capable of controlling. It's in the present moment that I belong.”

Ifs Moments Past Fear Memories Doubt Failing Regret Future Capable Vulnerable Delusion Present Moment

Author:Jan Phillips

“Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to take place. To meditate is to learn how to stop—to stop being carried away by our regrets about the past, our anger or despair in the present, or our worries about the future.”

Helping Problem Running Past Healing Worry Learning Meditation Regret Future Despair Difficulty Anger Running Away Carried Away

Book:Walking Meditation

Source: Walking Meditation

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”

Life Lasts Regret Future Treats Last Time

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future.”

Happens Past Regret Future

Author:Madeleine L'Engle