Living in the past present and future

Some people claim that the living in the present can actually cause more harm than good.
They say that in order to lead a productive and profitable life, one must study both the
past and the future, the present is only a stepping stone. I think that this is quite the
opposite. The past must be learned from, the future must be looked at, but the present is
where things happen, where a person can make things happen.
In each persons time, he has the chance to make a mark upon the world. Each
person can take his life into his own hands and decide what to do with it, how to mold it.
These c…