“The beauty of this day doesn't depend on its lasting forever.”
― Marty Rubin
So, how's your 2015 has been so far?! The first week went by like nothing, right?! By the time you realize, it'll be a month, 3 months, 6 months, and it'll be the end of 2015. Time goes by so fast. You have to live in it. Instead of surviving it.
As a part of Love+Live+Life, "Smile Everyday" challenge has been launched. Finding at least one thing a day to be grateful for, that might not come easy to some people. But you will find it. And you will see it more and more in your life as you spend more time paying attention to your life. Being able to capture and realize those things are very important.
I came across this article on Distractify little while ago about this restaurant. They compared the surveillance video of the restaurant today and that from 10 years ago. And here's another article from Huffington Post by Valerie Alexander. What are these articles have in common?! They missed the actual moment because people were too busy to capture the moment rather than enjoying. Pictures are amazing. I will not deny their importance. Pictures with family, friends, the places you went on your vacation... Those are all very precious memories. And those are great to see especially when you get old. My grandparents LOVE to see those pictures of our family trips or when my sister and I were still babies. But nowadays, things have gotten out of control, don't you think!? First, selfies. Then the group selfie. Then another selfies.. When do you actually get to enjoy the moment?! For the younger generation, this might be the only way to enjoy themselves. By the time they were born, they were already exposed to the culture that's full of smartphones and iPads. Parents uses those gadgets to distract their children. On family don't look each other eyes to eyes, instead, kids are on their cellphone. We are always "CONNECTED" to each other online, but "DISCONNECTED" in real life.
Mindfulness and meditation teach us to be present in the moment. In each breath, in each moment, we exist. No moment is less valuable than the rest. Nobody is more valuable than the others. We are all equal. We are all precious. And so is our time. We all have 24hours in a day and we all eventually die. Those pictures you take can be lost. Those data you put on your computers can be lost. But our memory will not. We might forget the details of the event. But we will remember how amazing those experiences were. We will remember how much fun we had, even without the pictures or videos. So, why not enjoy those moments?! Those moments, you didn't EXPERIENCE and ENJOY, those will never come back. We only have one life as who we are now. Live in each moment, instead of trying to capture it. You will see how much you've been missing out. How much you've been taking granted for. How much more there are to the life than you're seeing now. Everything is there for you to enjoy and cherish. Accept it. Embrace it. And love it.
Love, Hope, Faith.
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