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March 3, 2010 · Posted in Tao 119 views

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Many people are always looking to the future with the hope that things will change for the better. This year will be different. This week will be a brand new week. Often, our concern with what will be is a way of proclaiming that despite what has been, more satisfactory events are surely on the horizon. Yet, every moment we spend thinking of what the future holds for us is a moment of right now that we’ve missed.

I’m not suggesting that we should never make plans or preparations of any kind. Even in nature, some animals store food for winter or migrate to warmer climates for the season. There is a difference in preparing for what we know will come and hoping for things to change. While “looking to better days” is comforting, the only time when change occurs is right now.

Right now is when our lives are lived. Right now is when we experience all that’s around us. Right now is when every baby is born and every life comes to its end. The past is just our memory of right now. The future is only a dream of what we want right now to be. Where we go is determined by the steps we take and the choices we make at this very moment.

The present is our anchor. It’s where we always are. If we constantly think about where we want to go, or dwell upon where we have been, we are missing out on now, and that’s the journey. The most important thing we can do is to focus on today and our choices for each moment. Because those choices are why we are here.

You may have heard the saying “one day at a time”. Keep this in heart and next year can be a better year. Next week can be a better week. Next moment can be a better moment. Be thoughtful of the present, and you will find you had a thoughtful future.

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