Here and Now

.......photo by: Phil Miller

"Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Look deeply at life as it is. In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day 'one who knows the better way to live alone.'"

- "Bhaddekaratta Sutta," translated by Thich Nhat Hanh ( In memory of Ruthie, a faithful reader )