There is no separate past and future. Present, past, and future actually exist in the present moment. Do you understand? If you do something good, your future is bound to be good. That you are good means your past life was good.
Each moment we exist interdependent with the past/future/and other existences
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-00-C as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.