"We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten..."

“We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh  (via obliteratedheart)