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time has always fascinated me.  it moves so slowly, yet we still struggle to hold onto the past as if years pass in the span of one single instant. we spend our whole lives trying to understand time, beat time, and master the art of avoiding time.  yet, somehow every time we think we have it figured out it evades us, and we realize we spent so much time dwelling on the past or the future that we missed out on the present.

i have been struggling lately to accept the fact that i cannot live in the past nor can i solely focus on the future. and 'struggling' is putting it lightly. let's be honest, right now i am waging world war three with time, and time is winning, seeing as time can't stop and won't stop.

i miss people that are no longer living in the present, but were part of chapters of life in the past. i also dwell on obsessing over all the tiny seemingly insignificant details in my future that i am unsure of.  in the meantime i am missing out on all the fun, weird, and unique experience that the present has to offer me.

lately, i have been challenged to live in my present and take life one day at a time, appreciating what my present has to offer me. my heart still aches when i think about the the people and places i miss from my past, but focusing solely on these moments prevents me from falling in love with new experiences.

via: http://livebyquotes.com/2012/heres-to-all-the-places-we-went-john-green/