In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

The present is not a place you can stand in. It is the seam where what has gone meets what is arriving, which is why holding on to a moment never works and why trying to freeze a good stretch of life tends to spoil it. Water touching your hand is already the last of one thing and the first of another.

Since the current does not stop, attention while it passes is the only option available. Notice one ordinary moment today without trying to keep it. Passing is not a flaw in the moment; it is what a moment is.