The Paradox of Time

On the surface, the present moment is "what happens". Since what happens changes continuously, it seems that every day of your life consist of thousands of moments in which different things happen. Time is seen as the endless succession of moments, some "good", some "bad". Yet, if you look more closely, that is to say, through your own immediate experience, you find that there are not many moments at all. You discover that there is only ever --this moment--. Life is always now. Your entire life unfolds in this constant Now. Even past or future moments only exist when you remember or anticipate them, and you do so by thinking about them in the only moment there is: this one. E. Tolle