Dear Future Self, I'm no longer trying to become you. Not because I've given up, But because I finally understand: You emerge from how gently I hold this moment, Not from how fiercely I chase the next one.
Life is lived in the present moment. Don’t let the pursuit of more stop you from enjoying what you already have - enough.
Rather than hoping things are better in the future, what if life could be meaningful and purposeful now, by living in line with what matters most to you? You still get to strive towards change and achievement with all your strength, but you are not waiting for a meaningful life, you already have it.
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
I learned that there is nothing in the future to rush off to that can offer me anything more than this precious moment that you and I are in every instant. I realized that, more often than not, my mind is somewhere else—a past regret or a future worry, anywhere other than right here.
Richard Carlson • Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How to Create a more Peaceful, Simpler Life from the Inside Out
But what’s different now is that I no longer delay my life for the next best thing. I choose the next thing and make it the best.
Sarah Wood González • making the decision right
