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Is the "present" all we have?

or there is something else .............


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It seems "present" is a very vague notion. 'Now' is the brief moment where 'last minute' and 'next minute' converge. It is motivated by the decision you took last minute to accomplish the goal you set for yourself for the next minute.

Present would be pointless without the future goals... be them large like 'have a fulfilling life' or small like 'buy toothpaste'. Future goals would not existt without what our past learnt us to want, feel, think.

Past,, present.. future... would have no meaning taken alone. 'Now' may be the thing we experience more intensly, but it draws strenght from both yesterday and tomorrow.