While its fine to make plans for the future or visit the past, it is not fine to live there forever. You can't bring the past back and the future is very unpredictable. Understanding why you live in the future or the past could perhaps be a key to staying in the present. Many of us have heard the saying "Stop and Smell the Roses." Roses don't last forever. Neither does those moments you miss when you are not living in the present. Have you ever smelled a rose? Its fragrance? Have you ever noticed its texture? Its color? Have you ever seen an eclipse? Most of us are running here or going there that we have never seen one. The rest of us are too busy scheduling this meeting or in another where before they know it, the day is over with and they start it up all over again.
Be honest with yourself. If you sat down to calculate the time you spend during the day... how much of that time is actually spent on being present? Do you schedule in your Crackberry time to stop and smell the roses or do you just do it? I spend time with people who are dying and all they want is more time. Time to just BE. Today is a gift. What you do with that gift is up to you. Open your gift and use it wisely, for tomorrow you may not be given the same gift or a gift at all.
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