[dang]

Goes nicely with a famous aphorism of Pascal:

“Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.”

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm

[LocalH]

This meshes well with my current view - within the constraints of our "normal" perception, the only thing that exists at any one given time is the present. The past exists as memory, and the future doesn't exist yet. This may end up not being true to objective reality, but that doesn't even matter. It certainly helps me appreciate existence itself. It also makes me want to help other people have a pleasant in-the-moment experience.

[chanmad29]

Hit me so hard- I had to cry out your username. That said, similar ideas are generally expounded in ancient Indian yoga and meditation practices.