Of all things in the world,I think,the present is the most precious,and also the most apt to slip thrugh our
fingers.We,therefore,treasure it all the more because of its transience.
Why is the present so precious?The following quotation from the philosopher Enerson best serves for an answer:Make use of time if you love eternity；yesterday cannot be recalled；tonorrow cannot be assured；only today is yours.One today is worth two tomorrows."
Why is the present so easily lost?Because the universe as well as human life is changing non-stop all the time.Time never tarries with us a bit longer because we treasure and love it.It is hard to telk which moment in the ups and downs of life is our present or now.What we call our present or now at one moment will at the next be quickly gone and become the past.Isnt it a pity to unthinkingly idle away the present?
Some philosophers say that we have the past and the future,but no present.Others say that the present is inclusive of the past and future.I,however,incline towards the later view because the present is where all the past empties itself or,in other words,where lies hidden the entire legacy of the past.
