Monday, November 15, 2010

For many, living in the now is a foreign concept, for they’re trapped in the past by feelings of guilt or too focused on dreams of the future, which make them forget to live today.

There’s nothing wrong with remembering the past. But allowing it to affect how you live today by harboring ill feelings of things you did or didn’t do isn’t healthy. Likewise, putting too much emphasis on dreams of what will come creates a sense of wearing blinders as it blocks out what’s happening in the present.

It’s good to take pause and appreciate what’s going on around you. What you have—right now. How you can use what you currently possess to achieve your goals.

Although there’s a certain sense of comfort that accompanies recalling the past, don’t allow yourself to wallow in its more negative impressions. Instead, concentrate on what things went right, and how those helped you arrive at your current station in life.

With the future, come thoughts of change, which can be daunting for many. Some try to manage their unease by micromanaging what might occur in the future down to the basest level. Doing so draws their attention away from the present. In addition, it attempts to force their impression of what the future should look like instead of allowing things to work out as intended.

As folks muddle their way through this thing we call life, they tend to gravitate towards activities and concepts that feed their need to feel secure and comforted. What could be better than living in the here and now secure in the knowledge of what led you here while comforted by knowing that you will have a hand in your own future?