Seems to me, happiness eludes people when they stop living one day at a time. Instead, they must learn or relearn to not even get a single day ahead of themselves. Live today, today. And live tomorrow, tomorrow.
Once you get ahead of yourself, you start to imagine what could go wrong. The further ahead, the more you see going wrong. Ultimately, you envision your own death. Non-existence. And you end up focusing on not living, rather than on living. Fully. Today.
It's when you put too much focus into the past and the future that you become unhappy. Instead, it's important that you be what you are today. Be yourself. If you are something you don't like -- well, then choose to be something you like. But be what and whoever you want to be today. And then live it. Today. Not yesterday's you or tomorrow's you. Yes, perferably find a way to be happy. Genuinely happy. Today. Don't wait until tomorrow. --Jim Broede
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Jim, you may have something with your idea of living moment by moment and day by day. I'm feeling a lot happier and relaxed but there is one problem.
I start out each day with great plans, then gradually lower my expectations. Little is getting done. It feels good to feel better about myself...Charlie is happier. For the time being, I'm going to allow myself to go with the flow.
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While I was posting I wanted to tell 'the rest of the story' about my Christmas thought as well as thank you for sharing one of your own.
Can't think of a better way than sharing our e-mail exchange. Obviously...If you find that offensive...Feel free to delete that portion of this comment.
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Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:24:29 -0800
From: Skericheri
Subject: A strange thought is better than no thought at all
To: jbbroede
Jim--Just had a strange thought. Alz. can be a blessing...To a large degree Charlie is incapable of expectations because he is unable to anticipate. That inability also shields him from feelings of disappointment.---Cherie
To: "Skericheri"
Subject: RE: A strange thought is better than no thought at all
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:19:22 -0600
That's right, Cherie. You get it. Jeanne wasn't all that aware of her real situation. Which was a blessing. Jeanne was better able to live in the moment. To keep appreciating moment after moment after moment. Because increasingly that's all there was. The moment. To live in the moment. Rather than to dwell on memory. One no longer needs to worry about yesterday or tomorrow...because one becomes able only to focus on what one is living now. Jeanne became my teacher. She was teaching me how to savor the moment. Maybe Charlie will do the same for you. --Jim
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