💥 It is an undeniable Fact: Life takes place in the PRESENT! 💥
Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the
present moment, we lose life.
Buddha
Importance of “Live the Moment”
What does living in the present Moment mean?
Constantly thinking about the past and worrying about the future can make it difficult to enjoy the good things in your life in the here and now. Learning how to be more mindful and live in the moment can give you a greater appreciation for your life, help reduce stress, and minimize anxiety.
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Undeniable fact: Life takes place in the present. Your decisions are made in the present moment. Your actions and emotions are experienced in the present moment. Living in the moment is our only choice. The past isn’t here anymore and the future isn’t there yet. The present is the only existing moment and the only one you can access.
Yet, we often forget to enjoy the present. Why is it so difficult to focus on the present?
The thoughts that distract us from the present moment, we often try to anticipate, thinking about tomorrow and pretending that things will get better by default. We dream about our future plans, scenarios, projects, and we forget about the present.
Yet, we often forget to enjoy the present. Why is it so difficult to focus on the present?
The thoughts that distract us from the present moment, we often try to anticipate, thinking about tomorrow and pretending that things will get better by default. We dream about our future plans, scenarios, projects, and we forget about the present.
Enjoy the Now
The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment.
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How to Be More Present
Constantly thinking about the past and worrying about the future can make it difficult to enjoy the good things in your life in the here and now. Learning how to be more mindful and live in the moment can give you a greater appreciation for your life, help reduce stress, and minimize anxiety.
Notice Your Surroundings
How often do you take time out of your day to actually look around and see what's going on? When was the last time you sat down, closed your eyes, took a deep breath, and just looked at everything around you?
Take this opportunity right now: close both of your eyes and take a deep breath, then open them and really take in where you are.
How do the walls look?
What about the floor or ceiling—what patterns can you see there?
How many windows are there to your left and right?
How many lights can you count from here?
When you stop to look at your surroundings and take in everything around you, it's easier to be more present in the moment.
Take this opportunity right now: close both of your eyes and take a deep breath, then open them and really take in where you are.
How do the walls look?
What about the floor or ceiling—what patterns can you see there?
How many windows are there to your left and right?
How many lights can you count from here?
When you stop to look at your surroundings and take in everything around you, it's easier to be more present in the moment.
Focus on One Thing at a Time
Focus can only occur when we have said yes to one option and no to all other options. In other words, elimination is a prerequisite for focus
Tim Ferriss
When you are learning how to live in the moment, it is helpful to focus your attention on one thing at a time. While it may feel more productive to multitask and work on more than one thing at a time, constantly juggling multiple tasks makes it hard to live in the present moment.
While doing something that requires your full attention can seem overwhelming at first, be aware of how much more productive you are when fully engaged in a task. Compare this with trying to squeeze multiple things into one period of time or spending half of your energy on three different projects.
If you're working on something, give it all of your attention. When you find yourself thinking about other things or checking your phone because you don't feel like doing the task at hand, stop and turn that focus back to what's in front of you.
Research shows that when you are fully focused on what's happening at that moment, you can better remember details in the long term anyway.
While doing something that requires your full attention can seem overwhelming at first, be aware of how much more productive you are when fully engaged in a task. Compare this with trying to squeeze multiple things into one period of time or spending half of your energy on three different projects.
If you're working on something, give it all of your attention. When you find yourself thinking about other things or checking your phone because you don't feel like doing the task at hand, stop and turn that focus back to what's in front of you.
Research shows that when you are fully focused on what's happening at that moment, you can better remember details in the long term anyway.
Be Grateful For What You Have Now
In positive psychology research, Gratefulness is strongly and consistently associated with Greater Happiness.
Part of living in the present moment is taking the time to be grateful for what you have now (not in the past or in the future). If you are constantly focused on things you don't have, you aren't taking the time to appreciate what you have right now at this moment.
Show Acceptance
If you want to learn how to be more present, you need to let go of how you think things should be and accept them for what they are. Focus on accepting things as they are and not on how you want them to be.
You cannot control everything that happens around you; sometimes life is going to be different than how you want it to be. Practicing acceptance will help you let go of the things in your life that are out of your control.
You cannot control everything that happens around you; sometimes life is going to be different than how you want it to be. Practicing acceptance will help you let go of the things in your life that are out of your control.
Surrounding yourself with positive, supportive people
Now matters. Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.
Enlightio Thich Nhat Hanh
The kind of social support you have in your life can also play an important role in helping you learn how to live in the moment. When you are around people who are supportive and positive, it is much easier to be more present in your life.
Spending time with people who make you feel happy and fulfilled can be a great way to help yourself live in the present moment.
Surrounding yourself with positive, supportive people will increase your own positivity and happiness levels. In turn, this will allow you to focus on what is going well right now instead of dwelling on past or future events.
Spending time with people who make you feel happy and fulfilled can be a great way to help yourself live in the present moment.
Surrounding yourself with positive, supportive people will increase your own positivity and happiness levels. In turn, this will allow you to focus on what is going well right now instead of dwelling on past or future events.
If you want to learn how to live in the moment, then you need to take the time to appreciate where you are, what you're doing, and who is with you. Instead of becoming caught up in the past or worrying about what will happen in the future, try to savor each moment as it passes.
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