Present Moment
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.
Nothing is more powerful than the present moment. At this present moment, you are free to make a new friend, comfort a pet, clear clutter, smile, forgive, walk away, start something new – the possibilities are endless, only limited by what we think is possible, and what we think is impossible.
You can practice being in the present moment in any situation, doesn’t have to be meditation or mindfulness, anything can be a meditation, cleaning your house, cooking food, eating food, being present with someone you are talking to, actively listening to what the person is saying to you, take a walk in nature etc.
Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived. — Dalaî Lama
We as human beings have a tendency to think that life is going to be better after. We think that happiness resides in certain achievements, attaining certain goals or getting certain things but the truth is: ALL YOU NEED TO BE HAPPY IS WITHIN YOU NOW. You don’t need millions of dollars, you don’t need a fancy car or a certain job to be happy, all you need is YOU, isn’t that great? I don’t mean those things aren’t good, money, cars …. are nor good nor bad of itself, but thinking that happiness and wellbeing resides in achieving or getting certain things is definitely NO GOOD. Because you’ll spend your whole life wasting your whole life. Running after things thinking that happiness is in it, then to figure out that happiness and love and abundance and wellness and everything that you need is already in you.
