Pursue

Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The further has not yet come.
Looking deeply as life as it is
in the very here and now,
the practitioner dwells
in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows
how to dwell in mindfulness
night and day
"one who knows the better way to live alone."

Let go of what is past. Let go of what is not yet. Observe what is happening in the present moment, but do not be attached to it. To live in mindfulness.

"Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest – Daisaku Ikeda"