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Understanding what has happened and what has not will be monumental for your growth.

The games the mind plays with the past and the future are simply illusions of things that can’t be changed.

The past has already happened and you can do nothing about it, no matter how much you wish you could.

The future isn’t real because you never reach tomorrow. You are only ever in the present moment.

The scenarios that play out in your mind are of a future that can’t quite be nailed down because choices made in the present will alter your ideal vision.

So focus on the now, because it is the only thing that is absolutely certain.

— Nicole Barden 9/6/2021