Today in my religion class we had a really awesome discussion about how we spend our time here on Earth and it really got me thinking. We spend so much of our time regretting the past, reliving moments, and planning for our future that we never truly live in the moment. When asked "when was the last time you truly enjoyed the present," I really had to think about it.
I thought about one time this summer when I was home in Park Rapids and I experienced my first meteor shower. I was outside laying on the deck and I was in awe by how beautiful it was and how much different the sky looks when you aren't in the city. I felt so peaceful and my mind was at rest and I was truly living in the moment, not thinking about things I had to get done or what I had on my agenda the next day. Moments like this are so small and they don't happen nearly enough in our lives, but these are the moments we truly remember.
I know as a college student I always have so much going on, currently I'm thinking about the physics homework I need to finish tomorrow and how I need to start researching for my religion paper, and we don't take the time to just live. Just from this class discussion I've realized how I need to make time to just enjoy life and seize the moment because we never know how much time we have left.
When I'm older I don't want to have to look back on my life and regret not living it to the fullest, even though the whole point of this idea is to not live in the past. I challenge you all to take a look at your life and try to remember the last time you truly felt at peace and enjoyed the moment. Embrace the small things and just live your life.
Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.
-St. Luke
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