Saturday, November 27, 2010

Thought 152: Living in the present


There is more to life than spending all your time worrying about the future or feeling guilty over the past. You must enjoy friendships, relationships, your work, your hobbies, the bliss of marriage and children, physical exercise or work out, entertainment, vacation, nature, gardening, reading and a host of other things that make life colorful, fulfilled and exciting. You can experience all these wonderful things provided you stop living in the past and also in the future - and start living in the present.

The truth is that in life, you can look into the last page, but not into the next page. Tomorrow is unknown - and anything unknown is fraught with fear. Tomorrow is like a post-dated check - which can not be cashed now.

And it is most unproductive, and even counter-productive, to ruminate over yesterday. Any amount of pondering over it, cannot bring it back for you - you cannot undo what has already been done

Tomorrow never happens. Today is what matters. Today is like the cash in hand - to be enjoyed. Plan for tomorrow, but live in the present.

The next thought is about “Expectations in life”

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