To live now,to wake up and forget the trivia in our lives is a key goal of any healthy human being. I’m sure you agree.
Our problem is that we often forget this simple idea about Personal Development that could make life so much simpler for each and every one of us.
We hear the idea para -phrased in expressions and quotes all of the time, but become jaded by repetition. We need to live now and we need to learn how. To learn how is not difficult. Constant application of a simple idea is the key. We can plan our future, a business idea,an activity that will bring us joy or a new career but if Now is not right then the future will be a struggle.
Now is the most important moment in your life. I’m certain that you know this but do you actually use Now as if it were the only moment in your life? It is the only moment worth living, so lets live it to the full.
What do You do that makes You,you?
Who are you? Do you know? If you don’t know,then you must find out in order to live Your Life Now. Knowing yourself leads to answering questions about your life and its path. To know yourself is a power, a power that leads to happiness and health. And, if your path is money and finances,then it will lead to wealth,if your path is art then you will develop as an artist. Your Unique Self will show you the way. The way of least resistance.
To live now is to wake up to your surroundings and act in harmony with them – not against them. The path of least resistance is our unique self and our true happiness in life. I am not writing about “destiny”, I don’t really believe in the fairy-tale concept of that, I do believe that we shape ourselves to be a certain type of person and that shaping occurs as we go along in life. So, why not take command of it and ensure that you shape yourself as you believe you need to be.
Live Now
We can wake up and be resolved to live our lives to the full and in the moment in an instant. It’s just a decision to make and follow. Many years ago, after realising how important Art is to me, I decided to become an artist. A painter. I had been drawing and painting since childhood but thought of it as nothing more than fun. I also felt that it would foolish to attempt to become a painter, in this world,that is so dominated by money and commerce I felt that I would be sending myself down a road of poverty and misery. So, I had always avoided any discussions or decision making about painting as a vocation in life. I was wrong.
I was a butcher, a soldier, and a businessman. I always went for the short cut of making sure that I would get a pay packet or a profit at the end of the month. Life continued and I continued thinking about tomorrow and how it might change to become something more meaningful and fulfilling. I read books and studied courses to develop as a person. I drew pictures and put them in the cupboard. Nothing changed by itself. Nothing ever does until we take the right actions and make the right decisions.
The moment of truth
The day I decided to become an artist was an exciting and scary day. I really knew that I meant it, I really felt that I was throwing myself to the wolves in life. I am happy that I finally found, what I call, my true face. My unique self. Only myself and only good for myself, this way in life. I can’t tell others that it is great to be an artist therefore you must paint too! That is pointless and would be sending people off to the dogs. Your way in life is ascertained by who you are and what you have become. And, what you have become is Now. You must begin to live as you are now. To focus on this moment and all the components of self that make your perception of existence reveal the world of now as Your Now. Your now, is your reality. Work on it, embrace it and develop it as if it were your heart,mind and soul.
When we accept the moment as the only important time in our lives,then we can only but exist in that moment and work with the truth of the moment – not with concepts and plans and wishful thoughts about the past and future.
There are Times to Plan and Times to Act.
Trust is a an action that is often thwarted and misused in life. To trust another person is hard when we don’t know who they are. How can you trust yourself when you don’t know yourself?
We live in a world that is fast and hard. Showered by demands of all types and colours. Advertising,friends and enemies,strangers etc all want to give and take with us. Our minds are bombarded with information that promises us something, that it will enrich us and make us happy. Absolute strangers, through the power of advertising reach your mind and tell you that they own a product that will make you happy, make life easier, make things simple and they think it would be cool if you bought it.
Happiness,ease and simplicity. You will find it in your own mind and in your true self, just get to know who you are are and begin to live who you are now. Practice the continuity of extending now so that it doesn’t break and become a series of moments that are past and futures rather than always now. Act in the moment and forget the future and the past and you will discover a power within yourself that gives you happiness,ease and simplicity. You will simply become you and you will trust yourself then you will begin to taste happiness.
To paint is a wonderful experience that has always made me happy and has given me true inner peace – even when I battle with a painting I am living life fully in the moment, nothing else matters and the simplicity of intense ,focused thought calms my mind. When I paint in my studio and stand before a large canvas, alone,fully involved I feel as if I am on the Throne of Life itself and wouldn’t wish to be anywhere else in the world.
If you have read all of the article, thank you, if you now feel like doing something other than reading,like drink coffee or meet friends, then do it it in the moment, in the now and feel how wonderful it is to exist now.
