Life in Perspective Part 2 of 4: Your Present
November 25, 2008 by dr. lam
The present is a fleeting moment. You blink, it’s the past. You wait for it and it’s still the future. Then the future quickly slips into the past. However, the present is where we are planted and what we have all around us is the present. Sometimes we live so much in our past (see yesterday’s blog) or in the future (see tomorrow’s) that we cannot savor the present.
Life is meant to be enjoyed through its ups and downs. I look at life more like a journey than like a destination. We need to look at the panorama around us and taste life a bit. A friend from college said to me, “If I could have an IV and just inject the food in, I would. It’s a waste of time.” He obviously was not a foodie, like me. Sometimes (I’ve been a culprit of this) we don’t even taste our food, we just swallow it in so that we can move on with our lives. I have now made it a concerted effort to try to chew my food more slowly and enjoy it. The company we keep can make our food taste better.
I have mentioned in many of my blogs the importance that EO (Entrepreneur’s Organization) has in my life. The forum meetings that I attend every month with my EO brothers are an important element to my life. I have heard that there are two types of forum groups out there, those dedicated to enjoying life and those intended to build an empire. I really like the fact that our EO forum group celebrates life and helps us overcome the struggles that make life not as enjoyable and also focuses on accomplishing goals in our life.
Along life’s journeys, be reflective to see are you spending your time with people you don’t like? Are you in a job you hate? Is most of the day spent in misery or happiness? Are you taking time to relax and to taste life a bit? Are you tasting your food before you swallow it?
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