All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present.

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment. A good little pointer toward that is to ask yourself, "What is my relationship with the present moment? How am I relating to it?"

When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours"; or, "My dad is stronger than yours." Children identify with this or that, trying to build up a sense of self - a mentally defined sense of self.

When you accept what is, you are grateful for whatever situation arises.

To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment.

When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed.