Daily writing prompt
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?
Quotes to live by. Oh my!
My rush to answer this prompt takes me to "quotes to live by" which are a self-sustaining industry all their own. Not be cynical(but here we go) about the whole "quotes to live by" field is that there tend to be a decent number of folks who make a pretty decent living or in fact a gross wealthy living, peddling their own "quotes to live by" experience.
Sorry, I often find many in the "here is my quote - and you can live by it" for the small paltry sum of $$ for my course or workshop, or my "exclusive inner circle club" for a minuscule $ per month ........ well sickening or snake oil sales folk at best.
But, that's me. I'm sure there are those in the "quotes to live by" field who are well-intentioned and devoted to helping others. However, most leave me with the feeling that I need to go have a shower. That is after checking to see where my wallet is at. So, it is pretty obvious that I don't really follow many "quotes to live by" path of life.
Now, having said all of this, I do live by or at least follow as much as I can the quote or concept of "living in the moment."
In this cycle we call life, I'm much closer to the end than to the beginning. All of which is okay. But, one thing that I have learned throughout all these years(and I was never the best student) is that "now - this moment" is all we have.
Given that "now" is it - we'd better revel in this moment right now and live it to its fullest extent possible.
Putting off "until the time is right" or until I have "all my ducks in a row" - is a fallacy in my opinion. When is the right time? And getting ducks in a row is akin to nailing jello to the wall. I get that people plan for their futures and security for their families and all that great stuff and all of that is good.
But, another truism is "here today and gone tomorrow." All of that can be gone in a minute; family can be gone in a minute.
If we're continually living in the past or having this out-of-body fantasy dream of trying to live in the future or what the future will be, we are going to miss "living in the moment - the now." Seeing as the moment - the right now is all we truly have - "living in the moment" is the only "quote to live by" that makes sense.
Don't piss away the moment for something in the past you can never recover or for something in the future that doesn't exist.
--as always with love--
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