October 22: All power, all possibility, all action is now

All power, all possibility, all action is now. While a person dwells on the past or the future, they miss the present; they forget to live now. Everything is possible now, and only now. Without wisdom to guide them, and mistaking the unreal for the real, they say, "If I had done such-and-such last week, last month or last year, I would be better off today," or, "I know what is best to do, and I will do it tomorrow." The selfish cannot grasp the vast importance and value of the present, and fail to see it as the solid reality of which past and future are empty reflections.

It may truly be said that past and future exist only as negative shadows, and that to live in them—that is, in regretful and selfish brooding over them—is to miss the reality of life. To put away regret, to anchor anticipation, to do and work now: this is wisdom.