live in the present

Fig. to deal with contemporary events and not be dominated by events of the past or planning for the future. Forget the past; live in the present. It was no longer possible to get Uncle Herman to live in the present.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mustapha	-	Arabic
Tena	TE-nah	Croatian
Vaughn	[van]
Solvig	-	Swedish
'Ashtoret	-	Biblical Hebrew, Near Eastern Mythology
Woodward	['wudwəd]