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
Estelle	es-TEL	English, French
Madilyn	MAD-ə-lin	English (Modern)
Daphne	DAF-nee (English), DAHF-nə (Dutch)	Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Abdullohi	-	Tajik
Karlee	KAHR-lee	English (Modern)
Armando	ahr-MAHN-do (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese