Our attention loves to live anywhere but now, rehearsing the future or replaying the past. Marcus noticed this and pointed himself back to the present, the only moment any of us can actually act in or lose. The future you're anxious about isn't here yet, and the past you're chewing on is gone. What's real is this: the chair, the light, the task, the breath. When you catch your mind drifting, you don't need to scold it. Just walk it home to the present, gently, as many times as it takes. This single moment is small, but it's the only place your life is happening.

Inspired by the old idea of present moment. Written by Ugo Charles.