It seems rather simple but once when I was writing a paper in graduate school it dawned on me that the present is the only time that actually exists.The past is memory, and the future is rather unpredictable and wistful.The importance of this realization is that the most control we have over our lives is now.The past is not an absolute predictor of the future, and the future may hold so many challenges and opportunities that are hard to imagine.However the now is something that we can influence. and to some degree shape in our favor.If this is true then what do I want to place my energy and will into this day because it is the only part of time that is really available to me?