for whom the (hand)bell tolls*

There is nothing else than now. There is neither yesterday, certainly, nor is there any tomorrow. How old must you be before you know that? There is only now, and if now is only two days, then two days is your life and everything in it will be in proportion. This is how you live a life in two days. And if you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span. - E. Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

*yes, I know it is a little bit twisty... but it was first thought when I saw this gnome...