Living for Today

As the days pass me by, quicker and quicker, so it seems! It leaves me wondering why...the amount of hours in a day have not changed! As a matter of a fact I utilize more hours in the day than I did in my younger years, so it would stand to reason that the days would seem longer and would go by slower (because I'm not sleeping them away...?)

Is it that I am living too much for tomorrow than in the present...? I'm aware of the importance of living in the moment and not letting my life pass me by.

One thing I hear my self saying quite often is, "I can hardly wait to be debt free!", recently it has been, "it will be nice to see all the snow melted and have green grass again!".

I believe I'm still very much living in the future. I'm literally pushing the days through my life. I have been pondering over this for a few days now, wondering why this is taking place. Is it the mental state I'm in? Is it a state of depression? How long have I been doing this to myself and why? Is it like the fading away of embryonic breathing, something that naturally takes place without awareness?

Living such a scheduled lifestyle I believe plays a big part in this phenomenon. We are all thinking about the end of the work day, the end of the week, the holiday coming up.... Time is of the essence, we are always trying to get 25 hours out of each day, always racing the clock...! Whats up with that?

Living in and for the moment is essential and even more importantly to recognize your situation before it is too late.

For me, writing these blogs is a way for me to visualize my short comings, which enables me to see things a bit more clearly. Without the self awareness I think it would be very difficult to change. It's like self therapy for me and if it strikes a chord with anyone reading them, I consider that a double bonus.

At the beginning of UBBT 8, I wrote a quote in my journal by Mahatma Gandhi, "The future depends on what we do in the present."

Darcy Regier, Silent River Kung Fu, UBBT, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.