Putting the Future in Perspective
Ajahn Sumedho

What is the future? The future is what we don’t remember. You can’t remember the future because it hasn’t happened yet. So it has to happen in the present before it becomes the past – a memory to remember. We don’t know the future, but it implies infinite possibility, doesn’t it? We can ignore the present by worrying about the future: ‘What will I do when my loved ones leave me? What will I do if…