When our goals are in the future how can we live in the present?

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yeah I got it if our goals are in the future then how can we live in the present yeah we see the future as resulting from the present so if we see that connection now in some situations we may not be able to see it say if I am studying for an exam or if my future career depends on the results I get in the exam and right now I am not studying for it otherwise then I can’t see the present as connected with the future but then ultimately my career doesn’t depend just on how I do in a particular exam that is important but my career depends on my overall disposition my overall attitude towards life my overall approach towards life and that is something which I can work on even now so when we see the future as determined as emerging from the present then we can work in the present and also prepare for the future so it’s it says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step so each step that I am taking I am actually moving towards my destination so it’s interesting sometimes surveys have found that if cyclists have to cycle up a big hill a very tall hill then they can actually cycle more at twilight and at night than in the daytime it seems counterintuitive why? in the daytime they can actually see how far I have to go nah I can’t do it but in the night when all that they can they have this torch and cycle I can take and that just their energy is there but the demoralization because of distance is not there so like that sometimes seeing the long term can dishearten us because it is so far away but we think ok all that I have to can I paddle one more yeah I can can I paddle one more I can I can and like that if we keep moving forwards it does we do cover a long distance so by seeing the future emerging from the present then we can do what it takes in the present so that we prepare for a better future