All you have to do is decide what to do with the time you are given
Enjoy the moment, because that is all you have. You never are going to arrive someplace else. You are in a constant state of living in this moment, and that is the only arrival there is. The things in your life whatever they are friends, pets, lovers, money, external objects and life itself will all someday be gone. This day will also be gone and you will never get it back. Everything comes and goes, it is how we live the space in-between that counts. You can have the life you want, or you can have your excuses, it only costs your life.
What each of us is doing this minute is the most important event in history for us. We have decided to invest our resources in this opportunity rather than in any other. It is helpful to remember this when we consider the passage of time. There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone. The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise, and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds; but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn. This leaves only one day: Today. Today is a gift, tomorrow is never promised to you. Don't die with your music still in you.
Anyone can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities -Yesterday and Tomorrow - that we break down. It is not the experience of Today that drives us mad, it is remorse and bitterness for something which happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring. Let us therefore, live this one full day, today.
What does it mean to be a rock? A planet? A star? A wild animal? The wind or a tree? The meaning of each 'thing' lies in what it is, the way it exists. The meaning of a star is just that -- being a star. In this context, the meaning of life is exactly that -- being alive. There is a difference between living and being alive, live a full life everyday.
Be yourself, you can't be anyone else
I do not concern myself with being unique, and I do not concern myself with success. I feel I just do and say what I am supposed to, I do not know where it comes from and I just allow whatever it is to come out. It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Be completely independent of the good opinion of other people, Who cares if someone else thinks it is worthwhile, right or wrong? it has nothing to do with them. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
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