“We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.” —Jon Kabat-Ziin

“We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.”

Jon Kabat-Ziin AMERICAN PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF MEDICINE

Stewardship

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Anonymous APRIL 30, 2018
Do not worry about the past. Build the future. The choices we make now if persisted in will determine the future far more than what was done in the past.

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