If we live in the moment, we are not in time. If you think, "I'm a
retired person. I've retired from my role," you are looking back at your
life. It's retrospective; it's life in the rearview mirror. If you're
young, you might be thinking, "I have my whole life ahead of me. This is
what I'll do later." That kind of thinking is called time-binding. It
causes us to focus on the past or the future and to worry about what
comes next.
Getting caught up in memories of the past or worrying about the future
is a form of self-imposed suffering. Either retirement or youth can be
seen as moving on, time for something different, something new. Aging is
not a culmination. Youth isn't preparation for later. This isn't the
end of the line or the beginning.
Now isn't a time to look back or plan ahead. It's time to just be
present. The present is timeless. Being in the moment, just being here
with what is, is ageless and eternal.
- Ram Dass -
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