But the greatest gift in the power of loneliness to bestow is the realization that life does not consist either of wallowing in the past or of peering anxiously at the future; and it is appalling to contemplate the great number of often painful steps by which one arrives at a truth so old, so obvious, and so frequently expressed. It is good for one to appreciate that life is now. Whether it offers little or much, life is now — this day — this hour — and is probably the only experience of the kind one is to have.

Charles Macomb Flandrau (1871-1938) American author and essayist
Viva Mexico!, ch. 7 (1908)

 
Added on 25-May-16 | Last updated 25-May-16
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , , ,
More quotes by Flandrau, Charles Macomb

Thoughts? Comments? Corrections? Feedback?