There is nothing else than now. There is neither yesterday, certainly, nor is there any tomorrow. How old must you be before you know that? And if you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life.
-Ernest Hemingway
I love this quote by Ernest Hemingway it is so beautiful and so powerful in many ways. When I read this quote I feel like he is telling his readers to live in the present. He wants us to realize that yesterday is over and we can not change that. Tomorrow has not come, so why worry? If we do stop complaining about things we do not posess we will be happier, there are reasons we do not have the things we want. Whether we know the reason or not we still do not have it. You cannot change things so enjoy life, life is short.
I agree with Karleigh, this is a very powerful and meaningful quote that I can personally relate to. By this statement Ernest means that we must remember our mistakes and learn from them, but also live for the moment. We only get one chance at life, we must take action and make it the best it can be, or one day we will look back on it and regret all the times we complained and lived with regret and sorrow.
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