I
just finished reading Paulo Coelho’s book ‘By The River Piedra I sat down and
wept’ and one of the important messages that the book gives is not just living
in the moment, but ceasing it and cherishing it for its beauty and the joy it
gives us.
It
happens so at times to all of us that when we are having a great time with
someone and our mind starts wandering away to the times in future when we would
not be with them or to the past when we have lost such dear ones. The same
happened to me when I was with my newfound friends, having a great time dining
with them. But as the moments passed, my mind started drifting to the future
when I would not be with them and when I would miss this time that I was
spending with them. That was when I realized that I was completely missing on
the beauty of the moments that were passing by and which I will never get back
in thinking about what will happen in a time that I have seen nothing of. In
short I was missing on my present in thinking of my future. Instantly I shifted
my attention to the ongoing moments and that was when I actually felt the joy
and cherished the beauty of those moments.
As
Paulo suggests in his book, we all should try to seize the magic of such joyful
moments in life without thinking whether it will hurt us in future if the
moments cease to be a part of our life. In thinking of the future u loose your
present and the present is the greatest gift that God bestowed upon us. So live
in the wonderful moments and live life happily always.
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