I just finished Leo Tolstoy’s “A Calendar of Wisdom.” The book is Tolstoy’s curated collection of insights and ideas from great thinkers and great books. The entry for December 31st got me thinking:

"The past does not exist. The future has not begun. The present is an infinitely small point in time in which the already nonexistent past meets the imminent future. At this point, which is timeless, a person's real life exists.

Time does not exist. There is only a small and infinite present, and it is only in this present that our life occurs. Therefore, a person should concentrate all his spiritual force only on this present."

A powerful meditation to start off the new year.

Consider picking up this book - even from the library.