The Present …
“The next message you need is right where you are.”
As a child, a teenager, and even till I completed my post-graduation,
I was running a rat race. A race that I am still a part of...The only
difference is that now I choose how fast I wish to run and chase the
finishing line. A line which I haven’t seen but have been told exists.
As a school going
teen I was constantly chasing a dream like most of you reading this…A one to be
successful, to be recognized, and to excel in every task that I take up. Be it
cracking exams or getting the college/field of my choice. Even before I knew I
was already in the race…As college started, with every passing day in my five
and half years of medical school and three years of post-graduation I had just
a few questions that were constant ..“What will happen in the future?”, “How will my
actions determine my future?”, “What if the future isn’t how I imagine it to
be?”
What I did not realize till some days back was that in the
quest for the future, I did not live and cherish the present…Maybe I did, but
had I been living my every day to the fullest, giving my best efforts without
the constant pressure of the future, I am sure things would have been
different.
As I write this, I don’t undermine the importance of hard
work and perseverance. It’s just that the constant thought of the past and the
stress of the future shaped my every day in a very different way. For the past
and the future are both illusions. It is about staying in the moment and living
it to the fullest without regrets.
It's said that our past lays the foundation and our present
actions build on it and prepare us for the future...But what is the future?
The answer is that there is no future. Nor is there a past.
There is only a day and that is today.
In the dynamic world full of uncertainties, let us not
burden and ruin the gift of “today”.
Do what makes you happy, talk to people that bring out the
best in you, when you go to bed have no
regrets and dream..but unconditionally!
Great thoughts! Hope We could learn to live in present...
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ReplyDeleteI shall try! Hope these little efforts make a difference!
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It's very true indeed. The blog is deeper into your life ... You have opened up your heart and have taught me so much more !
ReplyDeleteLoads of love and light to you .
For we all have been through this.
Yes indeed!
DeleteLoads of luv to u too!!!!
Proud of you Dear.... Keep file your understanding of 'Jeevan anubhav'.. loads of lov.... 😘
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thankyou!!
DeleteGreat thoughts everyone needs to have close look
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DeleteBeautifully penned. Its thought provking & has its calmness at the same time.
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