How to Be More Present
Make it your practice to withdraw attention from past and future whenever they are not needed. Step out of the time dimension as much as possible in everyday life.
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
You can always cope with right now. Coping with next week or last week is too hard.
Be here now
When you focus your mind on the present moment, on the process of what you are doing right now, you are always where you want to be and where you should be. All of your energy goes into what you are doing.
Thomas Sterner • The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life
essence of the practice of mindfulness is to choose to be present in every moment one hundred percent, most often we struggle against where we are, what we’re doing, or who we’re with in this moment due to the “tracks in the carpet” we’ve created for ourselves. We want to be somewhere else, with someone else, doing something—anything—else.