These past few years have been the craziest years of my life. Needless to say, this should come as no surprise since my past few years have included me graduating high school, falling in love for the first time, having my heart broken for the first time, college, joining a sorority, dealing with multiple family issues, and me growing and changing. I've had the best times and the worst times of my life and while it was quite a ride, I couldn't imagine my life any other way.
Through all my blunders and falls I have become the person I am today. Never in a million years did I think all of this could happen to me in a short three years. So this got me thinking, what in the WORLD are my next three years going to have in store for me? A few more heart breaks? Even more drama? Well of course- because that's life.
So many times you hear people talking about the past. What great times they had in high school, that one crazy party that you can barely piece together, or that guy who you just can't give up on. And if people aren't talking about the past, you know that they are talking about the future. How much they can't wait for the next school year, or to graudate college, or find that perfect person to start the rest of their life with. But here's the thing:
you are still living right here and right now in this moment.
What are you doing with your life right now? As much fun as it is talking about the past and how exciting the future can seem, we tend to forget about the present. The fact that you are living in a moment that you are never going to get back, and instead of enjoying it and loving every second of it, we are worried about a moment that already happened or will happen someday. Everything in life happens for a reason. I believe in this with all of my heart. There is a reason your past worked out the way it did and that was for you to get to this moment in your life right now.
I'm sitting here thinking about why am I here at this point now? And it all makes sense. I was suppose to be here and have survived what I have in order to become the person I am today. But instead of enjoying who I am, I find myself constantly thinking of who I was or who I'm going to be. I truly believe that society as a whole needs to learn to love who we are NOW. Learn to live in the moment NOW.
Because as we have always been told- Life is short, so make sure you lived it to the fullest. The best way to do that: live in the now. So from now on, I'm going to live my life in the present and stop thinking of how things could have been if my past was different. Thanks to the movie Kung Fu Panda, I'm going to finish this off with a quote that completely sums up how I'm feeling:
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."
LiEP,
amow
