Most Powerful Way to Live in the Moment

“You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.”

Dalai Lama

Are you Caring Your Present and Living in the Current Moment?

Let me end the year 2022 with article.

The article is started with the quote by the great Dalai Lama above. The quote depicts the mindset and the way of living for most people. Many people are always regretting their pasts and worrying for their future such that they are never living in the present moment and caring their present right now at the current moment. As a result, they never feel satisfied or happy.

All of us know that we should and must Care Our Present, don’t dwell on the past and should not worry about the future. But are you living in your present? Or are you living in past or future instead of the present or simply didn’t even know how to live a real life, treasuring every moment that you have on earth?

This is what my blog about – to focus Care Your Present and share how to use business, investment, 9 to 5 salary to grow your wealth until you are rich but not forgetting to treasure the moment during the process. You can read more via this site via here.

Unless you are born with golden spoon, one definitely need to work to earn money for a living.

When you are 20s, one should spend time to grow business, climb corporate ladders, grow investment, basically use time to earn maximum money.

When you are on 30s, one should aim to earn more money per hour of work put in but reduce the time exchanged for money.

When you are 40s, aims to use no time or little time to exchange for money with your investment/businesses that one has built up in the earlier part of life (unless you really love your jobs, you should continue).

Time is limited, Money is unlimited

Time is limited resource, fixed on the day when you are borne. Your life is only just a dash 19XX – 20XX on your tomb grave. But money is unlimited resource that we printed by the government. Hence plan to grab most of it until you can buy back your time one day. In a meantime, live a good life.

The truth is no one is immortal, not even the great emperors in the past, great leaders in the past or even now. 100 years later, it will be another new batch of human beings on Earth. Most will just die and disappear from the surface of Earth. You won’t be remembered, even if you are remembered, so what? Does it matter when you are already dead?

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Say is easy but to live in the moment is heard.

How many of us can really live in the moment? Very few sadly….

We are always full of regrets in past…

If I select this job instead of that job, I could achieve more

If I treasure this friend more, I will not have loss this friend
If I didn’t make this decision, I will definitely be better now
If I didn’t buy US growth stock or HK Tech Stock or Crypto, I will definitely be happier and richer

If I choose my passion instead of money, I could be happier, but now I am stuck, especially when I need the money for my family
If I choose her as my spouse instead of current spouse, I might happier….
If … and so on…

In the end, you keep regrets the past without being in the present…

We are always worrying about the future…

I know I hate my 9 to 5, but I can’t quit this job. What if I quit and cannot find another job, especially if recession is coming?
I already have millions networth with dividend/income cashflow if 10k per month which should be able to cover my expenses, but I shouldn’t quite my hated job. What if suddenly I fell sick and need money? What are the missions I have are not enough? what if recession come and hit my portfolio? What if I planned wrongly? Hence, i should not spend so much now, delay gratification more and earn more! Wait, how long should we do delay gratification? Until death bed?

What if I lose my job? I should up my skills, spend all my time to work hard and earn more money…
What if my spouse leaves me? I should get a lawyer to draft up a legal document to carefully spilt the asset in case this happen…
The list goes on and on… in the end you are keep worrying about the future every day and not in the present.

How to Care Your Present and live in the current moment ChatGPT way

One of the hottest things now is ChatGPT AI. Let us go ask ChatGPT and see what we get. This is the question that I have input:

10 ways to Care Your Present and live in the current moment. This is what I get from ChatGPT:

Practice mindfulness: Being mindful means paying attention to the present moment and your thoughts and feelings without judgment. You can practice mindfulness through activities such as meditation, yoga, or simply paying attention to your breath.
Take breaks from technology: It’s easy to get caught up in the constant stream of information and notifications from our devices. Taking breaks from technology can help you focus on the present moment and disconnect from the distractions of the digital world.
Engage in activities that bring you joy: Doing things that you enjoy can help you feel more present and grounded in the moment. This can be anything from hobbies, exercise, or spending time with loved ones.

Practice gratitude: Focusing on the things that you are grateful for can help you appreciate the present moment and find joy in your life.
Set goals and priorities: Having clear goals and priorities can help you stay focused on the present moment and avoid getting distracted by unimportant tasks.
Stay present in conversations: When you are having a conversation with someone, try to focus your attention on what they are saying and avoid getting distracted by your own thoughts or external distractions.

Take care of your physical and mental health: Taking care of your physical and mental health can help you feel more present and focused. This includes things like getting enough sleep, eating well, and exercising regularly.
Practice self-care: Taking time for yourself to relax and recharge can help you feel more present and focused. This can include activities like taking a warm bath or reading a book.
Be present in your surroundings: Paying attention to your surroundings can help you feel more connected to the present moment. This can include noticing the sights, sounds, and sensations around you.

Let go of negative thoughts: Negative thoughts can pull you out of the present moment and into the past or future. Practicing techniques like positive affirmations or reframing negative thoughts can help you let go of negative thinking and stay present.

If we look at the above 10 ways given by ChatGPT, they are quite useful and are ways that many people are using to make themselves to be in the present. However, they are not the best and the most powerful way. Let me share the most powerful way.

How to Care Your Present and live in the current moment? The Most Powerful Way

Everyone should know we should Care Our Present, but it is difficult to do it. Let me share with you a powerful method to remind yourself how to Care Your Present and to live in the current moment.

Imagine, you are living your life as per normal today – 7am wake up, say bye to your loved ones, go to work and be home 8pm. Hence, you do live your usual rat race life to grow wealth and get your beloved monthly paycheck.

Suddenly this happens…

Hospital: Created using https://creator.nightcafe.studio/

You found yourself woke up in the hospital, the doctor told you that you only have few hours left to live because you met a car accident on your way home today and you are seriously wounded.

Thoughts slowly floated into your mind…

The doctors called your families to come and see you for the one last time.

Your mind suddenly becomes blank, everything starts to go blank…

The thought that this will be your last time seeing them/hugging them make you very sad; the thought that this will be last few hours where you will be able to see this world crushes your soul; the thought that you will have many unfinished dreams to do/goals to achieve but there is no chance to doing so crushes your soul…

Soul Crushed sadness. Created using https://creator.nightcafe.studio/

Suddenly, sweet flashback images of your life started to flash across your mind….

Your loving memories of childhood
Your graduation from the university
Your first job

Your first kiss
Your first pay cheque
Your first boyfriend/girlfriend

Your happy marriage day
The birth of your child
The first moment where your beloved baby call you Papa/Mama

The first step taken by your baby
Your first trip with your families

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After a while all these images started to float away…you started to feel regrets…

Why didn’t I take the brave step to chase after my dream?
What didn’t I travel more to see the world?
Why didn’t I quit that 9-5 job that are crushing my soul?

Why didn’t I spend more time with my loved one?
Why did I keep listening to what the society want me to do instead of what I really wanted to do?
What is the purpose of having so much money but now I won’t be able to spend it? I rather give up everything I have in banks for another moment in this world, doing the things I like.

Why did I waste time to get angry with trivia things?
Why did I quarrel with them instead of spending more effort to love them?
Why I didn’t spend more time to admire the sky, the greenery and everything nice around me?

Why did I spend time and get angry on useless, unimportant things? Like someone saying bad things about you.
Why did I keep regretting the past, worrying about the future instead of living in the moment, caring every single precious moment of the current present?

Gift of life: Created using https://creator.nightcafe.studio/

After a while…you suddenly realized that…

Life is short and should never be taken for granted that you can always live a long life until you are old
No one is immortal and will be gone one day
You are willing to give up everything you have in your bank account for just another moment to stand up and walk

You are willing to give up everything you have in your bank account for just another moment to hug your spouse and your kids
You are willing to give up anything just to experience the wonderful gift of life that most people have taken for granted for the one last time
You have wasted the precious gift of life that was given to you

You have wasted your life by listening to what the society tell you
You have wasted your life by not to taking actions to pursue your dreams
You have wasted your life by not to taking actions to pursue what you want in life

You have wasted your life by spending most of your waking hours in office instead of spending with your loved ones
You have wasted your life to regret over past things that have already happened
You have wasted your life to worry over future things that have not yet happened

You have wasted your life not to treasure/enjoy the current moment that you have
You have wasted your life for not caring your present enough to enjoy every single moment of your life, regardless good or bad situation

In short, you have wasted your life for not caring your present enough to enjoy every single moment of your life, regardless good or bad situation

The Most Powerful Way to Live in the Moment

Yes, the most powerful way to live in the moment is to realize that You should never take the Gift of Life for Granted.

Yes, please repeat after me again:

You should never take the Gift of Life for Granted. No one is immortal and will be gone from the surface of Earth one day and that day may come sooner than one think.

Years down the road on your deathbed, you can either

be feeling peaceful and happy because you didn’t take any moment for granted, treasuring and caring every single moment of your present OR
be full of resentment, regrets and anger because you are never living in the moment, treasuring your present, therefore do not live in the present or the future.

Let me bring back the quote that I brought up in the first part of this article again.

“You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.”

Dalai Lama

Appreciate

I hope that everyone to take a small moment after reading this article to appreciate who you are and what you are doing in life right now at this moment, caring your present and living in the moment. The only moment of life is you right now at this very moment.

Please remember that you are not the person who you were in the past nor the person who want to become in the future. Appreciate every moment of the wonder of life, appreciate that you have eyes to read my article, appreciate that you are healthy and is able to walk etc. The key is never wait until the last moment of life before taking any action.

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CAREYOURPRESENT

Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

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REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

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Most Powerful Way to Live in the Moment

“You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.”

Dalai Lama

Are you Caring Your Present and Living in the Current Moment?

Time is limited, Money is unlimited