"��Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating
what is to come or remembering what has gone.
��Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may
never become reality.��

We do not live in a vacuum. The present is a result of what happened yesterday and tomorrow is predicated on what we do today. By default, we live in the present: remembering the past and anticipating the future does not negate living in the present.

There is an equally trite cliche that says we should live each day as if it is our last. If I did that, I would quit my job, gather my family around me, give all my possessions away, and eat french fries and chocolate cheesecake all day. I would also be crying a lot at the thought of my family being without me.

Of course, after I gave all my money away and quit my job, I wouldn't be able to afford the cheesecake for very long.