Experience great improvement in your life by focusing only on the present instead of regretting the past or worrying about the future
Everyone is in search of peace and enlightenment but these seem somehow elusive. We do not know how to improve our lives. We’re instead trapped by a web of circumstances that keep us circling the drain.
There is a way out and it is easier than we think. The key is to become conscious of the present and live there. It is very easy to fall into reminiscence or regret by thinking of a past event or situation. We also worry a lot about a future event or situation that we may find ourselves in.
⚡️The first step to a peaceful and improved life is living in the present.
The only place where events occur is the present — not the past or the future. We feel in the present. Our senses can only interpret present sensation. Sometimes, when we refer to an event as a past event, what we mean is that it happened in a certain present moment. Every “past” was once a present moment. Any “future” occurrence is a present moment waiting to happen.
Therefore, it is useless worrying about the future or dwelling on a past event. The only useful endeavor here is to live in the now. Living in the present moment reduces your problems drastically. You can deal effectively with the small present problems but not with the past or future problems. For example, if you have a term paper to submit and the deadline seems to be closing in on you, being anxious about the volume of work left to be done or regret over the time wasted in the past will not provide motivation for the task. However, if you start now and choose to solve one problem after another, it will be easier to accomplish the task.
Decide to live in the present. Let go of the past and do not be afraid of what may happen tomorrow. Your life will experience dramatic improvements and you will find peace.