"If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath." -Amit Ray



There's a reason why today is called the present. Like most words, it isn't a mistake. Words are one of the most intentional things I've come to realize about the universe. This includes every words in any language.

The word present as a replacement for today, can mean a gift or intentional awareness, depending on what you want to relate it with.

However, for the purpose of this write-up, I'll use present not just for the description of the current day, but also as another word for mindfulness.

To be present in this case simply means being aware of what is going on around you without fixation in the past or worries about the future. It is being here and now in this moment.

This seems a very simple definition. But it has proven to be one of the hardest thing for most people to practice.

The human mind is timeless: always gathering every information since inception of the individual into the unconscious. Our mind and brain is a massive warehouse of stored information. This should be a good thing. But not always. Because we're not able to use this for our good.

For the one who constantly visits the sad events in the past which then affects his current mood because of the negative effects the event had on him, the stored information isn't helpful unless he heals from the negative impact.

Then there is the case of another whose daily living is so filled with tomorrow's imagined events that he's unable to concentrate in this day. His thoughts are full of worries of what could go wrong about events he has not yet experienced.

Both cases are instances of when we miss the gift of today in yesterday's troubles or in tomorrow's concerns.

This is where mindfulness or the act of being present becomes helpful.

If you get too caught up in the past, you may experience depression. And if you become too anxious of the future, anxiety may become your reality.

Whether the past or future, neither of them compares to the current gift of today; of the PRESENT.

Today is what we have, and can behold. The past is a memory in our brain and the mind's eye. And tomorrow never comes.

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