Our problems arise when we subordinate this moment to something else, our

self-centered thoughts: not just this moment, but what I want. We bring to the

moment our personal priorities, all day long. And so our troubles arise.

Charlotte Joko Beck (1917 CE-2011 CE), Charlotte Joko Beck was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen.