The love, joy, peace, etc., you imagine in the future is not real and never will be. If the heart that dreams of future qualities such as these is not all of these things now, they do not exist. You can lose yourself in a future that will never be, and always be hopeful of such things, or you can be those things now and tend to what is rather than what is imagined. YOU are real, “what is” is real, but only in the present and entirely without thoughts of what might be.
Love has no future. It cannot be made up, characterized, or achieved. It moves about as you move about, and all that is NOW is its extension. Be present, and you are love (joy, peace, etc.).
