Presents
The Present is the Only
Time You Have
…when the future comes,
it will come as the present;
and because of your habit
of worrying about the future,
you will waste that moment
also in worrying.
You will go on worrying
about the future for your
whole life.
You will stop only when
death comes and takes away
all possibility of the future.
You missed your whole life:
you could have lived –
but you only planned.
Live intensely and totally now,
because the next moment will be
born out of this moment;
and if you have lived it
totally and joyously,
you can be absolutely certain
that the next moment will bring
more blessings, more joy.
I have heard: on a Railway
Three professors of philosophy
were having a discussion
The train was
standing at the platform.
There were a few minutes
before it was due to leave,
but they got so involved
in their discussion
that the train left without them –
then they realized, and they ran….
In the last compartment,
only two professors could enter;
the third remained on the platform.
The train had gone
and he had tears in his eyes.
A porter was standing there.
Seeing the scene, he said,
“Why are you crying?
At least two of your friends
have got the train.”
He said, “That is the problem.
They had come to see me off.”
They must also be crying,
inside the train.
Existence also sometimes
plays jokes on people.
Stop this habit of planning.
Stop worrying about the future.
If tomorrow comes, you will be there;
and if you know how to live,
if you know how to live
joyously and dancingly,
your tomorrow will also be
full of dance and joy.