Living in the Present Causes More Harm Than Good 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