Toni said there are three stages in life: the past, the present moment, and the future. Suffering stems from a tendency to ruminate incessantly about the past, far beyond what is useful to heed its lessons, and to fret about the future, getting caught up in loops of indecision. “We must learn to live in the present moment,” he said. “The past is in the past.” Regarding the future, Toni said, it’s necessary to be at once optimistic and decisive, “without fear or doubt.”
