“Happy the man, and happy he alone. He who can call today his own He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, For I have liv’d today.” John Dryden
We are always postponing living; when I finish writing my book, when my children grow up, when I retire, when I move out, when I get married. The time for living is now; if we are not happy now, then when will we ever be happy?
Every moment is a priceless blessing. Happiness is not a destination, it is a process. Life is a journey to be savored every step of the way.
Living and working in the moment also enhances your productivity and performance as your energy, focus, and concentration are on the task at hand, generating the best outcome.
Living in the moment with no regrets.
Our journey through life is short, a brief moment in eternity. Our birth or childhood is like dawn, youth like noon, middle age like evening, and death like midnight. We cannot live forever. No one knows when his or her time or that of his or her loved ones will be up. If we leave things for tomorrow, we may risk never doing them, and we may never get to share with people in the ways we truly desire
I always used to postpone living. I was so engrossed in excelling and striving that I had no time or patience for my loved ones. When I contemplated the time it would take for me to achieve what I wanted, I realized that my kids would be grown up and I would have missed their childhood. I also realized that whatever I wanted to do then, I could probably do now – so why postpone it?
I once read a thought-provoking analogy, which to the best of my knowledge is anonymous. Imagine there is a bank that credits your account every morning with $86,400, carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you have failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent of course! Well, everyone has such a bank. It is called TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose, and carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the records of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the “tomorrow.”
Living in the present enables us to focus our energies and skills on the current situation. When we live in the present, we are able to capitalize on the opportunities of the moment.
Our future is unfolding every moment and all its capacity for magnificence is rooted in the present. By starting afresh in each moment, our energy is fully channelled into our current endeavors and toward our immediate happiness.
As we live every day as if it was our last day and do good to others, our life expands and flourishes. Every day becomes like eternity, every minute precious and enjoyable. Life is the art of drawing without an eraser – give it your best in the moment and let it be a masterpiece.