" Francis has been called a Christian existentialist because of his emphasis on the present. His advice is to the point: 'Live one day at a time, leaving the rest in God's care; . . .' Go along with confidence in divine Providence, worrying only about the present day and leaving your heart in the Lord's care. The past and the future are to be surrendered in confidence into the hands of the Lord, who will forgive our past failings and be our sure hope in the future. That leaves but the present moment in which we are called to be actively united to God's will for us. De Sales would have us actively direct our intention to whatever God wants of us in the moment at hand. If the past and the future is not yet, then only the present, temp and existentially, can be a realistic locus for the divine will: look there! Francis has little time for people live in 'what might have been' or in 'what might be') (cf. Treatise, Book 12, ch. 6)

The present moment provides the only real possibility for encounter with the living God through an active embrace of his will for us. Seize it! That's the Salesian way."

Taken From:
GOD AND THE HUMAN FAMILY: A SALESIAN PERSPECTIVE;
An Exposition of the Oblate-Salesian Charism