When I was a boy I dreamed of my future. I was going to be a cowboy. Then I dreamed of being a fire fighter and 1 people from burning buildings. I just couldn't 2 to grow up and be an adult. After I went to college and those dreams 3 . I thought I would be a scientist, then I switched to being a teacher. When I 4 and had children, my dreams of the future changed again. Now it wasn't so much a 5 career that I dreamed of but a time when I could be settled and 6 and my family and I would finally be problem free.
That dream, of course, didn't 7 . In fact, none of those dreams ever came to life. It took me many years as well to 8 that living in a dream future was living in a 9 and that each moment I spent there was taking a moment away from the 10 NOW. I saw that there could be no perfect, problem free future because problems are a part of 11 .
It is only in the NOW that we can truly live. Our dreams for the future are just that: 12 . Whether they come true or not isn't as 13 as how we live each day here. A hug shared today can never be 14 . An act of kindness not given now is lost forever. A moment of love missed can never be 15 again. Each second of the NOW is precious and priceless. Don't waste a one of them.
