HOW TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT

What does it mean to live fully in the present moment? It means that your awareness is completely centered on the here and now. You are not worrying about the future or thinking about the past. When you live in the present, you are living where life is happening. The past and future are illusions, as they do not exist. As the saying goes “tomorrow never comes”. Tomorrow is only a concept, tomorrow is always waiting to come around the corner, but around that corner are shadows, never to have light shed upon, because time is always now.

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” - Buddha

Why living in the present will change your life.

If you are not living in the present, you are living in illusion. That seems to be a good reason to live in the present. But how often are we worrying about things that are yet to come, how often do we beat ourselves up for mistakes that we have made, no matter how much time has passed? The answer is too much. Not only will living in the present have a dramatic effect on your emotional well-being, but it can also impact your physical health. It has long been known that the amount of mental stress you carry can have a detrimental impact on your health. If you are living in the present, you are living in acceptance. You are
accepting life as it is now, not as how you wish it would have been. When you are living in acceptance, you realize everything is complete as it is.

You can forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made, and you can have
peace in your heart knowing that everything that should happen will.

“If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you
will ignore what is.” -Unknown

Start living, stop conceptualizing.

The worst part about living in the past or the future is that you are giving up your personal power. If you are not living now, you are giving up your life. You are surrendering your power to create. If there were changes, you would like to make in life, it is best to do it now. If you are living in the past, you cannot do anything about it, as it is gone. If you are worrying about the future, you are living somewhere that does not exist. It has not
happened yet.

If you want to change your life, the only place you can do it is in the present. First, you need to accept life as it is. When it comes down to it, your mind is the only thing keeping you from living in the present.

“There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.” ~Robert Nathan