Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?

Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?

#power #past #present #presence

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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

#judge #think #kind

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

#life #focus #present

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

#power #powerofnow

You are not the voice in your mind, but the one who is aware of it.

#mind #you #awareness

All problems are illusions of the mind.

#mind #illusion #problems

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

#thoughts #mind #unhappiness

People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

#mind #present #now

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time — past and future — the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

#time #future #moment #past #present

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

#future #power #moment #present #now

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Power starts in the mind.

#mind #power #powerfull

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

#inspiration #future #past

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

American Proverb

#life #today #present

Your life requires your mindful presence in order to live it. Be here now.

#life #now #mindful #presence

If you feel anxiety or depression, you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the present moment; simple breathing exercises can make us calm and present instantly.

#future #past #anxiety #present #depressed

Go the extra mile, it’s never crowded.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

#mind #moment #present

Between stimulus and response there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Viktor E. Frankl

#power #growth #control #freedom #stimulus #response

Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there.

#future #past #live

Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions.

#power #energy #solution

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