Faith | Savor the ‘now moments’ instead of fretting over the past

Having a new approach to life means that whenever we discover something that is not working in our life, we need to look at it from another perspective—or maybe even change to a new way of doing or thinking about something.

The only time we can ever change something is in the present moment.

Think about the times a car crashes, or you break your sister’s favorite antique vase, or the wedding cake gets dropped on the way to the reception. If the accident has already happened, we can’t go back and undo it. What we can do is look at some ways to try to prevent it from happening again, but the actual accident cannot magically be wiped away.

At the same time, putting off something until a future moment can be a problem, particularly if we are procrastinators and that tomorrow never comes. The time to do anything is in the “now moment”.

Now is the time for health, happiness, prosperity, and loving relationships.

Author and founder of Hay House, Louise Hay, started the ministry in her home for young men with the AIDS virus. She turned lives around when she helped people to focus on the “now moment” of being alive. She helped people see their own value, and what they still had left to give.

Happiness—who determines if we will be happy or not? It is up to each of us to determine our own happiness.

In the Dr. Seuss story, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, we see the Grinch, determined to ruin everybody’s Christmas by stealing presents and Christmas trees—and all the food that people were to have for Christmas dinner. When there is not a present left, he still sees families laughing and carols being sung, and he has a change of heart. He returns everything. The happiness wasn’t in things, it was in people and experiences, and the way they looked at life through optimistic eyes.

If you look back through your own life—past birthdays, anniversaries—what are the things you remember the most? Is it the gifts you received, or the love and joy you felt that are the biggest part of the memory?

The time is now to remember to savor the joy in the moment as it happens.

The time is now for everything, including loving relationships. Having love on the inside—being love— attracts loving situations.

To me, real love is being that loving presence that never “expects” something in return. Unconditional love is what parents have for a newborn baby, and what our dogs and cats give to us. It’s that connection we have with God inside us.

Love, peace, health, and prosperity all begin within us. The time is now to be grateful that we do have them, or to take a new approach towards accepting them.

Whenever we discover something is not working in our life, we need to look at it from another perspective, or even change to a new way of doing something or thinking about something.

The time is now, and the only time we can ever change something is in the present moment.

Affirmation: I choose to live my highest and best life possible, right here, right now.