Living for today

 Living for Today or Living in the Moment!

By: Brooke Smith

 

You hear on social media sites and videos across the web to focus and live in the moment or do they say live for today? Have you ever questioned those two statements? Have you ever asked yourself, “Well which one is right for today or the moment? Most of the population has never questioned this, merely for reasons of believing they have the same definition as the moment is today.

Meanings of:

Ø Living for today: to enjoy what’s happening now and choosing to live for today, one day at a time, and leaving the past in the past and the future in the future.

Ø Living in the Moment: When you are fully aware of your emotions and ability to be present with a clear understanding of your surroundings and current thoughts and are not pointed towards the past or future.

So to me, they don’t go hand in hand but contradict each other saying no live for the whole day that will manifest prosperity and abundance and miracles, Right? Other says no live for the moment and open the third eye to see your gifts and love and money will be magnitude towards you, Right?

Well now here is my story. I have been challenged in every way that it means when the word FOCUS has a leading role. I can focus if I have clear directions and an expected outcome in whatever the focus point is directed at. Without those two I begin my direction (which is usually wrong) and my search engine google, which always pops up first, no matter my problem “ I’m Dying” So searching for an answer and finding out there are now frequencies and vibrations and meditation and energy and on and on… I began to get confused, irritated, then went my focus out the front door, and subconsciously rebuking it from ever returning to the particular situation I needed to focus on.

For the past 6 months, I have been on this belief of mine, that if I finished the belief to full awareness I would be greatly rewarded with the one thing I haven’t ever had, True Love. I awoke one day to a heart that was drawn to a specific vehicle and then the feeling of an open heart that was drawn to a man I had never met or seen no name not sure if that vehicle is even right I just know the sound of it that makes my stomach in knots and then my rapid heart beat then the dreadful hot flashes to the vibration all over. I know what you're thinking there is no way she was falling in love she was so numb to that part of emotional baggage. Well, I did! It’s true! But the things I was envisioning were much like a Nintendo game and when you didn’t stay focused you restarted as if you lost your life and it got harder the more I rejected it or tried to shortcut it. Wow, where do you think my focus is now in consciousness? Cross Country if it was smart, I'm angered now. I like direction and knowing which is the control part of me that’s a high-demand trait I have. I am by the 6 months head over heels in love I have secluded myself left the responsibility of daily life out in the back with the dogs for a chew toy and allowed myself to only think of how to defeat this damn game correctly and quickly. My life has completely crumbled due to my irresponsibility in adulthood and I am an emotional rollercoaster causing nothing more but more drawn-out discomfort for all.

This now leads to the beginning question; do I live for today or live for the moment? What is the goal here and do I sleep and reset tomorrow even though the game hasn’t or do I relax and take a break and continue the game with no expectation? How do I focus when the desire is so real and so needed at this point and just be present?

Believing is the first thing and forgetting is the second, then your mind can relax and just watch the game flow on its own. Easier typed than done. But today on January 3, 2024, I believe it is finally Game Over. My love is real and the game I appreciated, and my mind is at ease. I do believe my reward is coming but he isn’t a shelve award he is the gift I intend to share with the world of a life full of happiness and love for every moment of every day with a great future expected and a past full of happy memories pass to all other people so they can see and experience the happiness and love in their lives!

Accept- then- Act: Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it not against it, Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy,