You have heard it said that many people live in the past – in regret, unforgiveness, unable to let go of issues or they live in the future – chasing after the next thousands, next career, next big break, etc.
I was just pondering how much of the ‘here and now’ [ie present] I sacrifice when I live in the past / future. To the degree I am absent from the ‘here and now’, that is the price I am paying. Foolishly, I might add.
Only the ‘here and now’ is guaranteed and can be shaped by my choices. Tomorrow is not guaranteed and yesterday can no longer be shaped by my choices. So I should give my attention to the ‘here and now’ wholeheartedly because it is the beginning of tomorrow.
I will not try to make my tomorrow richer, more comfortable, more successful, more colourful, more this or more that. I will live today with my all, enjoying everything in today’s path, accepting today’s obstacles as opportunities to learn, facing today’s issues transparently and building memories for myself and those around me.
Memories can be left to chance to build or I can choose to shape my memories.
Indeed, I have wonderful memories of the sky diving experience in New Zealand, the 8-day trek in Nepal, the apple picking trip in upstate New York, the ‘tubing’ in the snow during a women’s retreat, the para-sailing experience in Phuket, the smiles I gave others and those smiles I had because of others….
I am still building the album in my mind….
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