Learn to Live in the Present Moment

Good evening everyone. I’m Pency. After told the expression in one’s eyes last speech. This time I want to talk about keep your eye on the present moment. In another word, learn to live in the present moment.

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are __always.

Some psychologists have discovered that we are happiest when we are “live in the moment”. However, daydreaming, contemplating the future and raking over the past take up nearly half of our waking hours, they said. They claimed that our minds wander 46.9 percent of the time and it is these moments which make us unhappy. Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things ___all at once. We allow the past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, our stated priorities, and our happiness. Often convincing ourselves that “someday” will be better than today. Unfortunately, the same dynamics that tell us look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives. John Lennon once said:”Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans.” When we are busy making other plans, our friends are leaving from us, and people who we love are moving away and dying, our body are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.

Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some letter date: It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. When our attention is in the concern over events that might happen in the future ___ we won’t have enough money, our friends will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.

To combat fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, “I have been though some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” I don’t think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now. your efforts will pay great dividends. In a word, learn to leave in the present moment is very important.

Thank you for your listening.