"Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparative for something else." - from Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, by - Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Interesting thought isn't it? Do any of us truly live our lives like this? I had a Christian friend challenge me on this, saying that something better is yet to come. I used to believe that with all my heart when I was in the "Walk the walk and Live the Talk" phase of my life. I've come to believe that there is a different place and a different life after we leave the one that we are currently in, is it Heaven? I'm not so sure. If it there is a Heaven who's in charge?
Many things have been changing for me. I want to think that there is more than what we have right now, but what if there isn't. Shouldn't we be living every moment as our last. Just think how satisfied we would be, never second guessing ourselves. Knowing that we had done the best with what we have. Finding happines in the moment LIVED. Happiness is something that we don't ever seem to have enough of, never being satisfied with what we have, or where we are going. Always depending on someone or something to make is happy.
What about finding happines within ourselves, and the little things that happen eveyday? We are the keeper of our own happiness. I am discovering this more and more everyday. I am currently reading a book called "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin that is filled with so many insightful thoughts and tidbits of wisdom and this is inspiriung me to begin my own "Happines Project" in the coming year. I will keep you posted......
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