How many times has someone complained about time going by too fast? “The party was fun but it went by so fast!”, “my vacations were great but it all seems like a blur now.” These are so typical and we’re all guilty of repeating them some time in our lives. Now a day I think people would pay to find the answer to living in the moment, if there was one, but that’s just it - there isn’t. We wait all week for the weekend and when it finally comes were suddenly already sitting in our first period class, Monday morning. So, how do we stop this continuous cycle before we blink our eyes and become grandparents? Everybody says the answer is learning to live in the moment, but how do you do that?
I maybe have been a little dramatic about being grandparents before we know it - but that’s really how I look at things. I am the QUEEN of not living in the moment and only thinking about the future. So as the queen of this topic, I definitely have enough experience to say this must STOP. I’m not referring to constantly thinking about the future, I’m talking about all these thoughts in general. This is our REALITY. Time goes by fast, yes we ALL know it, so let’s accept it. Two things that I think are key in life are ACCEPTING things for what they are and always having a POSITIVE attitude, no matter what the situation. Humans have a problem with not accepting things that they can’t control, and I’m not only talking about time - this goes for anything. I, for one, am extremely scared of airplanes. All these years I couldn’t figure out why I instantly think I’m going to die each time I step into an airplane. But after a lot of travelling, it’s clear to me. Due to being a control freak, I finally connected the dots. When your in an airplane, your safety is out of your control. You can’t just get off it when you want to, like a car. This terrifies me, but I have to learn to accept this. To accept this fear and to learn to enter the plane positive thoughts. So now I walk into an airplane, trusting the pilot, and accepting I have no control over anything that happens; and believe it or not, this truly reliefs me. Accepting something as it is makes all the struggle 10,000 times easier. Whether it’s a tragedy or an accomplishment, you must accept the situation. So, next time it’s Monday and you’re in your first period, don’t give into the voices in your head that are telling you the weekend is still 5 days away - accept them. Accept it’s Monday morning and try your best to have a positive attitude because that’s what enjoying life is all about.
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Leo Jimenez
9/17/2015 05:10:00 pm
Renata, I really like the topic that you chose to write about because its definitely something we can all connect to, especially since you begin with relatable examples. You also use lots of personal examples throughout, which really enhance the message that you are transmitting about living in the moment.
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Bon
9/18/2015 09:44:55 am
Time is one of those elusive topics that have troubled humans since the beginning of time. You'll find this theme in literature, music and art. The Japanese have also a term for it: mono no aware, that bittersweet feeling we get for the impermanence of things. In fact Cristobal, this week, has also written about this topic. This is truly well-written, yet I wonder: is it just about accepting the things we can't control?
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