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The Here and Now

Living for the moment

By Joe PattersonPublished 10 months ago • Updated 10 months ago • 1 min read
The Here and Now
Photo by Rachel Reinhardt on Unsplash

Learn to live in the now. Don’t stress for the future.

Worry for tomorrow leaves less for the future.

It’s always yesterday and tomorrow. You're never present now.

Shift mental gears and learn to focus on the ever present now.

Turn off your chaotic thoughts and live in the moment.

The present is the gift that loves to give for the moment.

See the most visible sights. Breathe in the current air.

Focus on the most current affairs. Nothing compares.

So take a deep breath. Go head and inhale and exhale.

Living in this very second is where stress fails.

When you don’t focus on the future you won’t fear it now.

Hear it now. Nothing else matters when you live in the here and now.

Check out my first book “Melanin Memoirs” out on Amazon right now

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Joe Patterson

Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.

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