[XeutonMojukai]

When they say being in the Now, they don't mean to say that the Now is all there is.

Every day, I am a new person. I wake up, and if something good happens, then I'm happy, even if I was sad the day before, or angry.

Every hour, I am a new person. If something good happens, then I'm happy, even if I was sad the hour before, or angry.

This goes on down to the individual moments. If I don't do this for the individual moment, then it will not happen for the second that follows, or the minute, or the hour, or the day, or the lifetime.

To live in the moment is to paint the future with the present, and not the past.

So if something crappy happens to you, live it up. Be pissed, curse your circumstances, but keep on going anyway. As soon as something better happens, if you are truly living in the moment, you will feel a paradigm shift and your entire future will be brighter. When you are able to be alone, meditate and reflect on your day. You will be prepared for the next one's possibilities at least a little more than you were for today.

Such a life is intense, memorable, and hopeful at all times, because you are either riding a happy wave or reminding yourself of the inevitability of the next one, even in the worst moments of a sad or angry wave.

~ David