You have to take it minute by minute,” Mo’Steel answered. “People mess up extending too
far forward or back. You go far enough back, far enough forward, you’re always going to find
something to feel bad about. But if you keep it all on local time, stay present tense, hey,
ninety percent of right now is good.”
“The threads of past and future run through the present,” Tate said.
“Who said that?” Mo’Steel wondered.
“Me. I said it.”
“It sounded good. Like maybe it was a famous quote. Anyway, though, it’s not right. The
future doesn’t exist, not yet. Neither does the past, not anymore. All you know for sure is
right now, compañero. And right now, this is good, isn’t it?