This chapter presents the first argument from lived experience for the existence of the past: if only the present exists, we cannot live a good life, because the present is too small to hold the values that make our life good. In the course of the argument, a pluralistic view of what can make our life good is presented—happiness, love, knowledge, beauty and art, morality and spirituality are all considered valid options. For most of these, it is argued that they cannot simply be considered as dispositions that can make a life good in the present even if they are not active at the moment. Additionally, a good life that is only contained in the present seems to face the dilemma of being constantly eroded by time, and often disappearing permanently. By contrast, if the past continues to exist, it can be the place where goodness of a life, once lived, is eternally preserved—a thought that is also present e.g. in Viktor Frankl and the Roman poet Horace.