Nicholas Bate on the importance of being present.

But being where we are, that's another story. In a world of distraction, 'the future is brighter', it's sometimes difficult to just 'be'. To be where you are. In the conversation, in the game of lego, pressing out the weights with focus and concentration at the gym, baking amazing bread, crafting a paragraph, watching the flight of a rare bird and realising it's along way to another planet where you can do that.

— Knowing where are you vs being where you are by Nicholas Bate