Generally speaking (whatever that really means) I do like now thinking and, generally, acting on the ‘now’. Part of my reason is that I know I am/have ‘now’ since I’m in it – I don’t know about later or tomorrow and yesterday is my source for understanding and knowing but now…. now has all the uncertainty and excitement associated with the unknown. But… it also has all the excitement and promise that I’ll be able to experience and savor.
Perhaps you think that this is a frivolous discussion but before you cast too many aspersions, think about it. How often do we live in the now, in the present and how often are we waiting for… later or remembering yesterday? Both activities have their place but I would contend that way too much time is spent in tomorrow or yesterday. One of the main reasons is, this way we don’t have to deal with the current problems, issues, pains.
Living in the moment requires a level of attention that goes beyond the norm. To be able to extract all you can from the now means that you need to be fully engaged. This is definitely not an observe, a watch from the sidelines. It’s an involved, sometimes skinning your knees, joy and sadness filled embrace. The effort is really worth it because it begins to enhance your tomorrows with the knowledge and understand you gain.
Now really is all it’s cracked up to be even if you don’t know what may happen next. Next is associated with now but it’s dependent upon now. Now stands alone. It’s an is. It’s potential… it’s promise… it’s unknown. It’s laughter and tears and success and loss and all you hope it will be and fear it might be. It’s now.
