Living in the Now and Planning for Later

Tiny Wisdom:

 Living in the Now 

and Planning for Later

by:  Lori Deschene

Photo credit: Gail Ackerman

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it.” -

            Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


It’s a common misconception that being fully present means not setting goals. 

After all, if you’re truly connected to the now, you’re not thinking of building for later. 

If you’re awake instead of living on autopilot, you’re more concerned with the wonder 

of what’s in front of you than the wonder of what’s ahead of you.

I’ve spent a lot of time weighing the options, as if I needed to choose one way of 

being: peaceful or productive. This left me feeling conflicted, because instinctively, 

I want both. I want to feel awake in my everyday life, while still allowing myself to 

have dreams and work toward them. I want to accept and appreciate what is, 

while imagining and creating what could be.

I've realized that while mindfulness can help us feel a greater sense of happiness, 

life satisfaction generally requires a balance of being and planning.

As beautiful and freeing as it is to immerse ourselves in the moment, we do ourselves 

a disservice if we don’t devote a least a little time to shaping the ones to come. 

As liberating as it is to simply be, we risk growing complacent and stagnant if we 

forget we are always evolving.

There is a reason abundant research shows that goal-setting leads to happiness: 

recognizing our potential and then utilizing it gives us a sense of empowerment, 

growth, and pride. Life happens now, but our lives are more than any isolated experience. 

We owe it to ourselves to question what it is we really want to do, and how we’re going 

to do it.

John Lennon said, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” 

He was right. But sometimes planning is a perfectly beautiful way to experience life, 

particularly when it comes from a sense of fullness and possibility, not an sense of dissatisfaction and lack.

So I say dig your heels in today, look around, and appreciate what is. 

But remember, while 

enjoying the present, that the future is ours to create.

Photo by Katy Moeggenberg

10 Alcoholics

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Submitted by bobinaz



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10 Alcoholics, all in a line,
One got to thinking---
Then there were Nine.

9 Alcoholics, one said, "Wait!"
"A near beer cant hurt!"---
Then there were eight.

8 Alcoholics, lookin’ up to heaven.
One cut out meetings---
Then there were seven.

7 Alcoholics, doing service for kicks.
One started grumbling---
Then there were six.

6 Alcoholics, glad to be alive.
‘til one smoked pot---
Then there were five.

5 Alcoholics, greeters at the door
One played the Big Shot---
Then there were four.

4 Alcoholics, for fun and for free.
Ones case was "different"---
Then there were three.

3 Alcoholics, knowing what to do.
One rewrote the Big Book---
Then there were two.

2 Alcoholics, having some fun.
One started lying (or never stopped)---
Then there was one.

1 Alcoholic, talking to HP
"If only one is sober ---
I’m glad that it’s me!"
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Capias

Capias



The picture is of a Birthday Capias.

A remembrance token that is given to guest at

a special party or event in the life of a Senor or Senorita,

birthdays, weddings, baby showers, anniversaries and/or any other

good reason to have a party.

The guest brings a gift and in return they are given a capias

which they wear like a corsage during the party.

The name or names (weddings, anniversaries, twins) are

embossed on the ribbon along with the date being celebrated.

Before photography became popular and inexpensive,

these remembrances were the best way to remember a good time.

Today, large plastic/magnetic replicas are used to remember

our armed forces and a large number of other causes.

It is good to remember good times.

It is good to remember others.

Make your gratitude list today.

Include all the good times and good friends you have had.

Whether it is a special event or just another day,

be resolved to make today a day to remember.

Today, have patience and tolerance, be forgiving, with yourself and others.

Do not worry about things you have no control over.

Do the things you are responsible for and do them

without complaining or without the need for recognition,

and above all, do them with love.

Make every day a party day.

Celebrate life.

"When You Feel Good,


The Universe Corresponds


To the Nature Of Your Song,


and Brings You More To Make you Feel Good."   ~ Menander

Remember to remember.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss
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