If you are to awaken and remain fundamentally present, you will have to free yourself from the past and future. You will have to free yourself from your story. Everything outside of this moment is your story.

The outer world manifests as an expression of your inner world. If your inner world is one of presence, peace, love, compassion and acceptance, what kind of world will manifest in your life? 

Don't diminish yourself in any way. Dare to be all that you are.