Living In The Now Novels & Stories

"What does it mean to just live?" "It means we get to be in the garden without thinking about systemic change," he says. "It means we get to drink coffee without thinking about our next book. It means we get to exist without constantly doing." He pulls me close. "It means we get to sit on this bench with you and remember where I came from and understand how far I've come," he continues. "It means we get to be grateful for what we've built without needing to build anything else." We stay at the park as night falls completely.

Tuesday arrived with the specific quality of a day that knew what it was. Clear sky, cold enough to see your breath, the October morning doing the honest version of itself without the softening of cloud cover or the distraction of rain. Jayda stood outside the facility entrance for thirty seconds before going in, just standing in the cold air and letting it be cold, the specific practice of being in a physical moment rather than immediately moving through it toward the next thing. She had been doing this. Small things. Standing outside for thirty seconds. Eating lunch without the phone. Reading the scholarship applications as people rather than files. The accumulation of small deliberate pre

His leg crossing over my hip and pulling me closer his crotch. I don't care anymore if this will hurt me so bad in the future. Nick is right, I need to live the present. I need to savor this kind of whatever I have with him because it will end someday. There's no uncertainty of this. It's gonna end ugly. It's gonna hurt me. But I need to live the present. We only have now. __________ SFTC: Can't Help Falling In Love - Ingrid Michaelson

“Take me there. Right now. Before the next thing arrives.” He told Daniel the address. The car moved. She sat beside him with the letter in her bag and the afternoon ahead of them and whatever came after that still undecided. After a while she said: “She told me to be happy now. Not eventually.” He looked at her. “Starting from wherever now is,” she said. He looked at the city moving past the window. “Where is now,” he said. She looked at him. At the question he had asked not as a philosophical matter but as a genuine one. Where are you. Right now. What is the actual ground beneath your feet.

A sudden realization struck me, and I turned to Alfie and Demi. "Which floor do you live on?" The couple immediately looked at each other with dawning recognition. "We live on the second floor, and our windows are old-fashioned. With enough force, they can be opened from the outside. Are you saying Madison actually used that demon to steal our bank card?" I nodded, quickly walking over to help them hold the mop handle in place as I continued, "If I'm right, your bank card PIN is your daughter's birthday, isn't it?"

Time can really be playful sometimes. It can be an enemy or a friend, well, it depends. The clouds in the sky was clustered like grasses and stones. The weather hailed a mellow ambient. I glanced at the device infront of me: 3:00 PM. I sighed and laid my head on the head rest of the car. I ran my hand over my jaw and tried to steady my thoughts. I wanna focus at the moment. I can't take out the possibility that Brylle might be here, on the current generation, but I can't neglect the probability that he might not.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments Caleb: Live in the moment, Just take it all in. Pay attention to everything, Right there and right then. Don't let your mind wander To what's coming next. Cherish this moment And give it your best. Don't let tomorrow Make you rush through today, Or too many great moments

I said, squeezing his hand. “But what if-“. I stopped him, “no what if’s”. He took a breath. “You’re here now and that’s what matters,” I tell him. “We’ll love you regardless of what happens but for now let’s live in the present, let’s forget about everything that might or might not happen, I love you so much to let yourself be bothered about uncertainties, you’re here now and that’s all that matters”. He nodded.

Turns out for them I’m a whole mystery that no can be able to solve. And I don’t think there’s someone who can figure out and can change my views. I’m just at the point of my life where if something feels like it’s draining me, or fighting with my peace of mind and happiness, I’m not dealing with all, at all. I unconsciously bore my eyes on my Psychology Attraction book before following Ave who already left me. I heaved a sigh, I guess. I don’t believe in predictions, but I do believe that there’s a future waiting for us. But at this moment, I predicted my own. And that’s what I want to happen regardless of what will life throws on me. Because the best way to predict the future is to create

‘I agree; I just wish she would share her full vision with me and tell me the decision’, I grumble. ‘Knowing the future is dangerous; you may then go about things a different way. In doing so, you would affect the future, and then the vision won’t come to pass’, Cora tells me wisely. ‘You’re right; I will focus on and enjoy the now’, I tell her. Enjoying the now means enjoying being with my mate and appreciating what we have and what we have created. I focus on the feel of his hand in mine, the softness of his touch as his thumb gently strokes the knuckles of my hand. The gentle breeze that blows his scent to me and clouds me in his heavenly aroma. Life doesn’t get much better than this.