WE ARE VERY GOOD AT PREPARING TO LIVE, BUT NOT VERY GOOD AT LIVING. WE KNOW HOW TO SACRIFICE TEN YEARS FOR A DIPLOMA, AND WE ARE WILLING TO WORK VERY HARD TO GET A JOB, A CAR, A HOUSE, AND SO ON. BUT WE HAVE DIFFICULTY REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE ALIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, THE ONLY MOMENT THERE IS FOR US TO BE ALIVE. THICH NHAT HANH
