I was floored to have realised this. And I thought, I have a blog and I really need to share this with you all. Please spare some time to read this.
You know how sometimes, we tell ourselves, I will spend time with my kid tomorrow. Or I will go start that healthy regime when I have time.
Well, stop that!
NEVER put off doing things that are important to your well-being and satisfaction to a later time.
Live fully, TODAY. Not later, not when you win the lottery, not when you have time.
A lot of us fool ourselves into thinking…
⁂ I will be a better husband/father/wife/mother when I have enough money.
⁂ I will a more loving husband/wife/daughter/son when I am less busy.
⁂ We’ll get married when we have saved enough money because that’s when we’ll be happy.
⁂ I’ll go for that dance class when I have time.
I have, in my life thought of all of the above. And I regret. I always put off enjoying life till I have the luxury of money/time.
When will money ever be enough? When will I ever find enough time?
I wish I could have done a lot of things differently. But I hope I’m not too late to start changing my life right now.
Today, my friends, is the day you seize the moment and live a life that truly satisfying. Today, you live the way you want and harvest your dreams.
Here’s an extract from a great inspiration book called The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari:
“Few things are as meaningful as being a part of your children’s childhood. What is the point of climbing the steps of success if you have missed the first steps of your own kids? What good is owning the biggest house on your block if you have not taken the time to create a home?
Don’t mull over the past. Don’t put off things you want to do. Never, never sacrifice happiness for achievement. (If you are reading this, you know who you are, I wish we knew this earlier)
So today, I am thankful for the family that I’m surrounded with. I’m thankful for the time I spent with my cousins over dinner. I’m thankful for the meal we shared and I’m thankful for having all of them.
No matter what happened before, or will happen tomorrow, I am grateful for today.
I’ll be honest that although this is very inspirational, it is not easy to change the way I live overnight. Instead, what I promise myself is that I will be working very hard to change my thoughts and the way I live. This will not be easy but it will definitely be beneficial.
I end to say, today is the day to live fully. Don’t let your entire life pass by in front of your eyes and miss out on the chance to enjoy it.
Hi JuAnn,
Is that the book written by Robin Sharma? I read one of his other book "leading Without Title". Found it pretty interesting, though I admit it doesn't really WOAH me as much.
I totally agree that it's important to LIVING WITH THE MOMENT. To me, it doesn't matter what you do. Just live with the moment. If you're walking, just experience the walking, the feeling from your feet, the sound from your heels. If you're eating, just don't think of anything but savour the taste of the food. Don't pre-judge it. Just taste it and let your senses tell you the story. At times, I'll close my eyes and have a slow munch on a mouthful of plain rice just to savour its taste. Simple pleasures in life.
The reason why we procrastinate is mostly because we're not motivated and/or there's fear in us. And at times, we're too obsessed with our daily life routine that we've failed to experience life as it is (aka Living with the moment). And that's when we felt a sense of emptiness though we have achieved some seemingly challenging achievements.
I've a friend who once asked," To pursue a happy life, or happily pursuing life". To me, happiness is an journey, a process in life. It's not a THING. Its an experience. It comes and it goes at that moment. So learning how to pursue life happily will mean enjoying every single moment of your life, regardless of what you're doing. Life will be more blissful and wholesome. And since it's a journey, it'll always starts with a single step. With each step, you'll get to experience more. So be patient and take a bit of time to accept it. Accepting the philosophy of "Living moment to moment" is also a journey. Don't get too immersed with it being a goal, rather enjoy the time walking on it.
Oops! Just realized that I didn't actually intro myself… I accidentally found your blog when I was searching fro some dog pics in Google and that lead me to your blog. I seldom read personal blogs, but yours seems interesting to me.
Happy to have more conversation on this topic. I can be reached at akkheng@gmail.com.
Have a GREAT 2011!!!
Allan
Author
Hi Allan, omg I only saw your reply here in 2013.. that’s… 2 yrs on. Thanks for the long comment. I don’t know how dog pictures are linked to my blog but I’m glad it brought u there. It’s interesting how 2 yrs later, I find myself reading this again and using this as another necessary reminder to myself. :) I hope you’re still around here :)