The holidays are a magical season: family visits, reminiscing about past memories, and making new ones, indulging in delicious food, exchanging plenty of gifts, and late nights with meaningful conversations. Or simply spending time alone, treating yourself to a good movie and some well-deserved rest.
My dad, who is 62 years old, often says, "life flies by," and emphasizes the importance of enjoying each moment to the fullest.
"You are always living in the eternal now," as the Yogis would say. Your life is made up of a continuous supply of nows. Just think about it, you are never in the past or the future. You are always here and in the now. The key to finding more peace and contentment is to be present and fully immersed in what’s in front of you.
“Time will continue to pass,” my dad told me, “experiences will continue to add up in your life, and you have the opportunity to enjoy everything on your journey, in good times and bad, as you have done until now in one way or another.”
Although he's no yogi, in many instances, he behaves, thinks, and speaks like one. He continuously shares his wisdom with me and all my family, and I learn from him. Wisdom is wisdom, wherever it comes from.
The passage through this earthly life has different stages, each with its challenges, situations, good and bad moments, ups and downs, elements to take advantage of or discard, and different people who share a lot or barely any time with us.
Your current personality and body are not eternal. Your essence is. Your real self is. But most of us won’t consciously remember that. The day your body is no longer here, you will only be remembered for a while; then you will be forgotten.
So, enjoy each moment to the fullest, to the best of your ability, be grateful for everything, be cheerful and at peace, because the only thing you take within your soul is precisely, as my dad would say, "what you have lived."
Love your family, your friends, and even strangers. Savor all experiences placed before you. And feel the joy for the journey you are on.
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