"We are always getting ready to live but never living." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

🏛️ Life

“We are always getting ready to live but never living.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ugh, this one hits different, right? We spend so much time planning and preparing that we forget to actually be here. Today counts too, not just tomorrow.

#life

#present moment

#awareness

More from Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson