If every act or moment is distinct from every other moment, and yet sewn together because they influence each other within an act that unifies the sequence (timeline), then every moment is new/first and old/eternal at the same time. In other words, the future is as done as the past (now is the connection between them—and the now of the actor who unifies the sequence connects every now) but also every moment/now is alive and inclusive of our choices (in the moments we inhabit). If that is not the case, we are not free to contribute to any moment.