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We do not ordinarily confine ourselves
to the present moment.
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It is not actually possible.
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But neither do we extend ourselves
much before and beyond it.
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The sense of self does not usually include
reminiscences from our time in the womb,
or detailed speculations on the worlds yet to come…
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But if it did then both our present
and our presence might be vastly different.
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To develop the self
may simply be a question
of developing our accepted notions of time.
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In so doing,
we become not pretentious
but portentous!
