Now!

Sometimes it seems as though life has the ability to deceive us into feeling as though the most joyous moments in our lives would last forever; we find ourselves thinking that maybe if we hold on to the source of our happiness a few seconds longer, time would stop and that moment would last for eternity or something along those lines. Let me tell you that majority of time it usually takes a day for that great feeling to disappear and a week for it to seem like a lifetime ago, but only a second for it to become a memory. I find a lot of the times we tend to dwell on the gifts the future may or may not bring to the table instead of acknowledging how much we have now and how vital it is to make the most of the present.

We often underestimate the huge impact a small act of kindness could have on the lives of others: a quick smile we give a stranger having a bad day as we walk by on the street or the major difference a few pennies could make to a homeless person. Sometimes we even fail to notice the despair that could have infiltrated our paths, like the sorrow life could have brought your love ones if you had stepped off the sidewalk a few seconds earlier but it’s O.K. Being unaware of seemingly little things or life’s greater plan doesn’t matter, it’s the difference you could make to your life and those around you right now that really matter.

There’s an old saying - “life is short so live every moment as if it were your last” – what if we did? What if instead of trying to hold on to every moment that elates us, we just acknowledge how short and precious each moment is, just recognize how valuable the joy it brings really is and decide to hold on to that moment by trying to fit a few more happy moments into that very one so when it ends we could honestly say we made the most of it? Why don’t you get up now and decide wholeheartedly that you will make today a great day instead of choosing not to smile or feeling upset about not accomplishing the things you hoped you’d achieve at this point in time? Time waits for no one so don’t sit around waiting to see what it has to bring, capitalize every second. Take a leaf out of Einstein’s book he said “I never worry about the future. It comes soon enough”  because it really does.

Life has the ability to trick us into thinking or feeling a precious moment may last forever, but we have the ability to decide what we feel, think or will do right now, so think positive and try smiling, I heard it's contagious!

 “Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” – Earl of Chesterfield.