“Whoever is planted in the Taowill not be rooted up.Whoever embraces the Taowill not slip away.Her name will be held in honorfrom generation to generation.Let the Tao be present in your lifeand you will become genuine.Let it be Present in your familyand your family will flourish.Let it be present in your countryand your country will be an example to all countries in the world.Let it be present in the universeand the universe will sing.How do I know this is true?by looking inside myself.”

“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.”

“If you look deep into the palm of your hand,you will see your Parents and all generations of your Ancestors.All of them are alive in this moment.Each is present in your body.YOU are the continuation of each of these people."~Thich Nhat Hahn~”

“Gerald Westerby, he told himself. You were present at your birth. You were present at your several marriages and at some of your divorces, and you will certainly be present at your funeral. High time, in our considered view, that you were present at certain other crucial moments in your history.”

“‎You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.”

“I notice your absence. I notice your non presence and reflect on the time you were present, in the present, which is obviously in the past.”