To be in moment to moment "self" forgetting love....with whatever can attract you into that disposition.
to be in the past, is to have attention on "self" or egoity (memory, Thoughts of doubt, regret...desiring an experience again,)

to be in the future, is to have attention on "self" or egoity through...desires to have or to be...to avoid. thinking of possibilities of this or that.

Only when one is "truly" in the "present" are you not "self" but rather there is only The Divine. God communion. Search less beholding of Reality. in my opinion that disposition is found through great devotion and great and profound love. self forgetting love!! where the is no more reference to "i" or "me" there is only...What IS.

so...i totally agree with you. The present is where i personally am impulsed to live. when that state is lived it is the happiest and most liberating condition. but its a sacrifice which one in time has to come to understand.

Great topic! with love, Amar