Live in the moment.

I got a call from a friend , L from KL and she told me that she has found another boyfriend in Penang and they have make a long term plan in their life.  A long term plan?  What for ?  I told her that she should enjoy the present moment and forget the plan.

In life, is there a long term plan ? A lot of things and events will be evolving and we will be changing our plans every now and then, so does the plan really having any meaning?   For our work, we were told many times that it is never plan to fail but only fail to plan.  But, our life is so much fluid and does any plan mean any thing?

I believe that we should live the day with a blessing as tomorrow is never guaranteed.  We do not need to expect anything and then we will not be disappointed. If we look too far and expect too much, we will lose the present. The present is only what we have.

The past is gone and the future is uncertain. So, what is there to plan or to look back but just to live for the moment and live for the day.

Make the full use of the moment which you are having and live.  Don't waste time comtemplating or planning and saving excessively for the future and sacrifying the needs of the present.

Live , live and really live.  Do whatever you want to do , eat whatever you can affort and move around with whatever energy you have to carry your body around.  Just move if you want and rest if you have enough. 

To some people, my thinking is very irrational as we have been told to save for raining days and to be thrifty and enjoy a comfortable life after retirement.  We are expected to live to a 100 years and so saving enough is very important.  Yes, this could be true but what if we cannot live to a 100 years  and our sacrfice for the present for the future would be meaningless. So, just keep enough but do pay attention to enjoy the present.


Our mind should change.  We should kept enough but not excessively.  Any excess we don't need is a waste.  But again, we have to provide for our children. Then, provide them enough in living skill and education and let them strive for themselves. Anything excess is also a waste or letting them waste and rot. 


Think carefully for tomorrow might never come.

Namaste.