Tom Ellis
Oct 3, 2023

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Thank you for sharing this thoughtful piece, Alan. I agree entirely! The present is all there is; the past is gone, and the future is just an unknowable source of fear and anxiety, conjured up in our own minds. As Bob Dylan sings, “Yesterday is just a memory; tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be, and I need you…” We all need each other, right now. So let us honor the past, plan for our uncertain and dangerous future as best we can, but LIVE in the present!

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Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

Written by Tom Ellis

I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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