The most important hour is the present moment
What all could we do, now, in this moment, which things to do, which tasks to finish?
"Tomorrow, tomorrow, just not today, all lazy people say"!
- after Christian Felix Weiße - German writer 1726 - 1804
And which person is the most important? Always the one we are dealing with at the moment!
And why is that so? Why does only the moment count?
Only who lives for the moment, lives for the future!
- Heinrich von Kleist - German writer 1777 - 1811
Thinking about the past does not bring us anything, it happened the way it should have been. We cannot imagine the future correctly, it will be completely different from what we imagined, but the now, the moment just this minute, that is precious, it will not come back, it will soon be gone, lost in the mist of history, irretrievably gone.
Do not dwell on the past, do not dream about the future. Concentrate on the present moment!
- Buddha-
Nothing we can change in our destiny, but enjoy the moment, we can, no matter how this breath may be, how life treats us, beautiful or not, we can still enjoy it.
As the great teacher has shown us, his example stands for the enjoyment of our being, for an affirmation of our person and our circumstances, for a life in the now and in the today.
Restless pursuit of happiness, wealth, power, again and again our perception of the existence of being, of the changing of the tides in the ocean of life, deceives us.
When do we grow up, when do we see the realities and act accordingly?
The moment has power, it is based on a magic, because it passes, does not come again!
Carpe diem!
- Horace - Roman poet 65 B.C. - 8 B.C.
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