“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware,
joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
Henry Miller (1891-1980) US novelist
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When I am completely aware and living in the NOW, it is easier for me to accept the things as they really are and not as I want them to be.
It’s when I’m preoccupied with the potential problems of the future that I lose most of my awareness.
This is why it is so important for us to put things in perspective, especially a long-term perspective.
If I ask myself questions like the following ones;
What will I think of this particular problem in 1, 5 or 10 years?
How will I feel about this minor aggravation a week from now?
Why am I so annoyed with this person?
How can I keep my calm when I’m stuck in a traffic jam?
Who cares if this stranger is insulting me?
… you can continue with your own questions here.
When we think of it, it is often these petty annoyances that disturb us the most.
After we take the time to answer our own personal questions with a long term perspective in mind, we can start to live in the NOW again, and this will improve our quality of life.
Awaress is in the NOW .
Why does it take so much time to so many of us to understand this simple reality?
Or if we understand it, why is it so difficult to practice in our own lives?
36525 days to live 