Accepting the present moment

Accepting the present (just be aware that this is initially ambiguous since 'present' also has the meaning 'gift')

I need to accept, and only(?) then take action.
Whatever the present moment means/may mean, I have to accept it as if I had chosen it/it were of my choosing 
I should always work with the present moment, not against it.
I have to make the present become my friend and my ally,  (comma is not quite right; I'd use eith emi-colon ';' or em-dash ' - ') I don't have to/must not allow/permit him it (did you intentionally use the male pronoun?) to become my enemy.
So ('so' is also ambiguous here) Thus/In that way I can transform my whole life.

What should I do in order to live in the present?
What do I need to do or to know in order to live here and now, in the current time?