The quality of our moments become the quality of our lives, and that is the quote of the day.

Welcome back to the quote of the day show. I'm your host, Sean Croxton, a

Sean Croxton.com. We've got Dan Millman back on the show. And today, Dan is

talking about something that I have to remind myself of all the time. And it is

to be present, to slow down, to relax, to get my mind out of the past and to

stop worrying about the future and just to be here right now. And it's some

encouragement that pretty much all of us need because we're always fighting the

clock. We're always trying to squeeze it all in to the amount of time that we

have and we just get stressed out. And we're not present for the people who need

us to be present because we're always doing something else. We always have our

mind somewhere else instead of just being right here in the moment. Here's

Dan. So this idea of mindfulness, again, is about turning our attention back to

the present moment. A writer named Barbara Rasp once wrote, the lesson is

simple. The student is complicated. And many of these complications are due to

our mind flitting around. Nothing wrong with looking to pass planning our day. We

just don't want to get too attached to the plans because all plans are

tentative as life has taught you. Things change. So how do we become more

mindful? How do we turn our attention to the present moment? Why would we

want to do that? Well, for one thing, if you'd like to have a quiet or mind in a

simpler life, it helps tremendously because you can't think about anything in the

present moment. Whenever you think about anything, Ruminade, consider, you're

thinking about the past or future guaranteed, whether it's a few seconds ago or

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