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A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.


"Please pick me up."

"Please pick me up."

"PLEASE pick me up."

"Pick me up."

"PICK ME UP!"

"Please pick me up."

"Please."

Comments

Priyanka Khot said…
Awwweee... drop that camera and do just as he pleads.! Please.. pretty please... He is so cute.
yamini said…
That is so sweet. Wish I could be there to pick him up!!!
Ed W said…
If only we could stay on that balance beam we call the present without falling into future worries or past baggage
Kris McCracken said…
Priyanka, he wants to be picked up all the time.
Kris McCracken said…
Yamini, then when you pick him up, he wants to get down again.
Kris McCracken said…
The Revelationist, the problem with the present is that we're never in it.

We're not in it now, we're not in it now, we're not in it now.

By the time I get it out, we're in the past.
Unknown said…
How true...the happy man doesn't dwell on the past either...

Your title makes me think of this book I'm reading...The Time Paradox.
Roddy said…
I would if I could but I don't think I can. Not from here.
Kris McCracken said…
Someone said once that the past is the only thing that smells sweet, but I don't think of the past as dead.
Roddy said…
If we only had hindsight. The future would be so much clearer.

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