Category: Stuart France

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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!