RE: Should We Live in the Present? (Dog Life Day #5)
"If we only lived in the present, then our 30-day paycheck would only last a few hours, and we wouldn't have money to pay the rent the 1st, or buy food the 2nd." That was an interesting take on the idea of living in the present moment. I try to be in presence to the moment, which lifts all the weight off your shoulders. The moment has a strange kind of calm about it, no matter what is happening in life, when you just become present to it, you are able to distance from it, that kind of helps you see you're none of the drama going around you, but merely a witness to all there is. As such a lot of us are in a state where we're either thinking about the past, or anticipating the future, a bit to excessively, that is where it starts making things difficult I guess. But what do I know ;) Happy Writing! Cheers!
For sure there has to be a balance, and too many people live in the past and the future and forget about the presence. I aim at living as much in the presence as I find healthy, without using all my resources at once, whether that be my energy or my money.
Yeah, if you go like, oh! Who cares about tomorrow, just live in the present moment, let's drink all the wine, and spend all the money! Well, then that's a dangerous way to live in the present moment LOL
Indeed :) And if you ask my dog if we should eat the whole chicken today, I think she would say, "Of course!"