Storm Jameson Quotes about Past

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Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done (both utterly

Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine minutes an hour living in the past, with regret for lost joys or shame for things badly done (both utterly useless and weakening) or in a future which we either long for or dread. . . . There is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute, here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Which is exactly what it is-a miracle and unrepeatable.

Storm Jameson

Regret, Past, Long

The past is able to close round certain moments, as if they were seeds, and deliver them again fresh and living in the present.

Storm Jameson

Past, Able, Moments

Storm Jameson (2011). “The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell”, p.128, A&C Black

One of the uncovenanted benefits of living for a long time is that, having so many more dead than living friends, death can appear as a step backwards into the joyous past.

Storm Jameson

Past, Long, Steps

Storm Jameson (2011). “Journey from the North, Volume 2: Autobiography of Storm Jameson”, p.402, A&C Black

Storm Jameson Quotes about Past

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