“There is one solemn truth: nothing lasts. Live in the moment.”
Those were the words that jumped off a notepad as I was cleaning this morning. Without realizing, the words took me on a long mental trip.
I thought about the great conversation I had had with my daughter in the car the other day, the memories of a relationship gone by, the feeling of utter despair as I writhed in agony with my GI illness this past weekend, the laughter we had at dinner last night with my grown sons, the death of a family member in the night. . .yes, the moment doesn’t last. In an instant, the moment is gone, only to become a memory.
From The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism:
“Looking further, he saw how nothing lasts in the dance of life. The cloud passes away in the sun. The leaf falls to the earth. Similarly, he, too, was part of not only the interdependence but also the impermanence of all life.
Why not fully live each moment when each moment occurs only once, yet contains the potential of all of life in each instant?”
Interdependence. . .no matter our shape, size, personality, or values, we are all here as one, living each moment the best we can.
Sometimes we waste our moments in judgment of ourselves or others. I love this quote from tut.com:
“To young souls, Rosie, there are good folks and bad folks.
To mature souls there are only good folks, though some do bad things.
And old souls, only see themselves.
I see you,
The Universe
And they love, love, love, Rosie.”
What if today you make an effort to be fully present in the moment? To really see you? To love, love, love yourself and every other person who crosses your path as if this is your last moment, your last opportunity in the dance of life?
As French novelist Marcel Proust writes, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
What if today you look at life with new eyes, with a new appreciation for each moment, no matter what the moment may bring?
