Ernie O Dacumos “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
Bill Keane
Have you ever lived in the moment?
I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight this word, and this blog post is all about the “present.”
You are probably asking, what do you mean Ernie?
I love the quote by Bill Keane, “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God which is why we call it the present.” But do we live it?
We all have a tendency to think of the past. I am sure you have as I do too. If not the past, we worry about the future. We worry about things that haven’t even happened yet. So when do we live today? When do we live in the “now”?
Today, I wanted to share with you why living should be in the now.
It’s all about the present
Living in the past will not make you happy
Worrying about the future will not help you
Living in the present will propel you
Living in the past will not make you happy
The past is where we will find our memories. Memories of happiness. Memories of sadness. Sorrows. Struggles. Pains. The list just goes on. But most of all, the past is where most of our regrets start.
It is from past experiences. Mistakes. And decisions that we regret things.
Regret in a relationship with a partner thinking that you could have done better.
Regret in mistakes thinking that you could have been more honest. Or decisions, where you wish you could have listened to your gut or your emotions and chosen differently.
A few years back, I was always in my head. Thinking about the past. The mistakes I have done. The relationships I’ve been on. And the path that I have taken. I would always play the scenarios in my head and think of ways where I could have done it differently. Then I would go on this downward spiral. Beat me up. And even lose sleep. It was not healthy.
I eventually got tired of feeling this way and seek for help. I learned how to deal with my own thoughts. Which I now use when I go back to my old ways. I shared it in my blog post, “Quick ways to handle the inner voice in your head”. I recommend you read it and apply.
So gorgeous, stop living in the past. Yes, reminisce about it, but don’t live in it. Take the lessons you have learned with you and live with the thought that you did what you could with what you had.
Worrying about the future will not help you
Yup, worrying about something that hasn’t happened is a waste of energy. First, of all, tomorrow is never promised. Things can happen between now and the future. And there are always variables and curve balls that can change it. Which are things you can’t control.
Steve Harvey said, “If God showed you what you need to go through, you would have never gone through them.” And that is the truth. It is in the journey that we learn how capable we are.
Worrying period will not help you too. We all have a tendency to worry about a lot of things. This is because of a certain fear that we feel. But according to the mindset mentor Rob Dial Jr, 85% of your fear never comes true, and only 3% out of a hundred can happen or may happen. See the odds? Yet we waste so much energy thinking about it.
Living in the present will propel you
It definitely will, why?
- Because you have control over what you can do today.
- You can think of the situation and take action right away.
- Your actions today will determine your future
See gorgeous, living in the now. Being more focused. And being mindful is very important. We cannot react to something that had already happened. And we can’t make decisions about something that has not happened. It is in the present where you can take action. It is in the present where you can make a decision. And now is the time to choose to be happy.
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