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One of the most pernicious obstacles in our path to happiness is a tendency to dwell in regrets over the past or anxieties about the future. In actuality, “now” is the only time there is. You can think about the past or the future, but this very moment is the only moment that exists. When the future arrives it will be the present moment. It will be the “now.” So if you or I spend too much time focusing on the past or focusing on the future, we are not going to be happy, because life does take place right now, right now, right now.

At any given moment in time, life is a choice between happiness and unhappiness, between negative and positive, between love and fear, and therefore between the “ego-mind” and the “Self/Truth/Being.” At any moment in time, you and I can choose which path we are going to travel. The process of forgiveness lets us stay centered in the present most of the time rather than dwelling on the distressing past or projecting our fears and worries into the imagined future. It is only in the present that happiness can be found.