Sunday, May 3, 2015

THE NOW

This is as close as we get to matters spiritual for this Sunday. The concept of living in the now requires us to focus:
  • To trim away false hopes, grand illusions, the inflated sense of self;
  • To know our limitations and have reasonable expectations;
  • To be humble and acknowledge that we do not control anything. This is God's world, we are just living in it.

Schemin' for the future, dreamin' about the past. How is that working for you?




Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

There are two days in every week we should not worry about, two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension:
 
One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed, forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. Nor can we erase a single word we've said - yesterday is gone;
 
The other day we shouldn't worry about is Tomorrow, with its possible adversities,  its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. 
Tomorrow is beyond our control. Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds but it will rise. And until it does,we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn;
 
This leaves only one day - Today. Any person can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when we add the burdens of Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives people mad - it is the remorse of bitterness for something that happened Yesterday, and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.
 
Let us, therefore, live one day at a time!




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