Living in the Present

From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Past and future cannot be lost since one possesses only the present; do each act as if it were the last.
Book II.14

Nobody loses any life other than the one he is living, nor lives any other than the one he loses — only the present.

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Book III.10

Throw away everything except these few things: each lives only in the present moment.

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Book VII.29

Confine thyself to the present.

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Book II.5

Every hour focus thy mind on performing the task at hand with dignity.

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