ENJOY MORE
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” Thích Nhât Hanh
“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.” Albert Camus
It’s very important to enjoy the present moment!
If you don’t then life goes by and you don’t even notice it, because you are never right here, in the moment!
When you’re working you think of the weekend, on the weekend you think of all the things you have to do on Monday, when you’re eating the appetizer you think of dessert, and when you eating dessert you think of the appetizer - with the result that you don’t fully enjoy neither the one nor the other.
And living like this you never get to enjoy your point of power, the only moment that counts - the present moment.
Eckart Tolle wrote an entire book about “The power of NOW” which I highly recommend to you.
Think about it: Do you have any problem RIGHT NOW just being in the moment?
Do you constantly live with guilt for your past actions and with fear of an unknown future?
Many people are constantly worrying about things in the past that they can’t change or things in the future that – even funnier - mostly never happen, and meanwhile they miss out on the NOW or as Bill Cosby puts it, “The past is a ghost, the future a dream.
All we ever have is now.” Just be present and enjoy the journey.
Action Step:
Remind yourself to be more in the present moment!
(My friend David wears his wristwatch on his right arm. This reminds him to be in the present moment whenever he watches his left arm for the time and notices it’s not there.)