“I have arrived” is our practice. When we breathe in, we take refuge in our in-breath,  and we say “I have arrived”. When we make a step, we take refuge in our step, and we say “I have arrived”.  This is not a statement to yourself or to another person.  “I have arrived” means I have stopped running, I have arrived in the present moment, because only the present moment contains life.

Stopping running is a very important practice . We have been running all our life: we believe that peace happiness and success are present in some other place and time. We don’t know that  everything – peace happiness and stability – should be looked for in the here and now. This is the address of life –  the intersection of here and now.

Thich Nhat Hahn, Happiness