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Life is divided into three periods: past, present, and future. Of these, the present is short, the future doubtful, the past certain.
Seneca · On the Shortness of Life · paraphrase
What it means today

The past is the only certain part; the present is brief; the future is guess. Yet most people live entirely in the doubtful part. The sensible person anchors in the present and the certain past.

Try this todaySpend the present doing something, rather than only imagining the future.
Today’s questionWhich of the three periods am I actually living in?
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