“A most dangerous temptation is the temptation to prepare to live, instead of living. The future does not belong to you. Therefore, remember to live the best way you know now.” – Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom
We all have fallen into the trap of preparing to live.
When we get the new job, we will have it made.
When we get more money, we will take that trip.
When we retire, we will have time to spend with our families.
We all forget that the future is promised to no one.
We need to live each day to its fullest.
Now that doesn’t mean we should be reckless with our time, our money, or our life.
It means we should be intentional with what we do with them.
“Everyone hurries his life on and suffers from a yearning for the future and a weariness of the present. But he who bestows all of his time on his own needs, who plans out every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears the morrow.” – Seneca
Don’t put off to tomorrow, something you need to do today.
Tomorrow may never come.
Don’t prepare to live, live every day.
Educational Stoic 