Good morning everyone. We see you on a very happy Sunday morning. Today's podcast episode is an article that was published in medium.com and it's in response to a daily prompt, day 28. If given the choice, which time period past, present or future would you like to live in and why?
So as I mentioned in my previous episodes, you can and you have the option to give your own title when you write the article. So the prompt is different. Prompt is like a question. It's a 30-day writing challenge and they're giving you the question.
So what you can do is you can respond with a title of your choice and a subtitle of your choice. The title that I chose was We Never Value This Gift and the subtitle is the Gift of the Present Moment. In my understanding and personal experience, the past is history. The present is a gift present.
And the future is a mystery. Then I quoted Seneca, Moral Essays, Volume 3, one of the quotes. A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. I'm going to read it again.
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. Why and how would I use this gift? That's the next question of the prompt. I would just look at the past like looking at the rear view mirror in my car, to back up my car, and for changing lanes.
Past use as a history as a warning. Past. Again, it's a history as a warning and learning experience. Warning to warn that something which didn't work, which is not good, please don't do it.
Warning. And learning experience, you learned something in the past. You just use it and it has worked well for you. Just use it and increase the intensity, increase the productivity, increase the, yeah, increase the intensity and the productivity.
So once again, I would just look at the past like looking at the rear view mirror in my car to back up and for lane changes. So in that is the physical, what you see in the car, the rear view mirror. And the analogy is you use the past only as history as a warning and for learning experience. For a few seconds, don't keep on looking at the past for, if you keep on looking at the rear view mirror for hours, you're done man.
So for a few seconds only to drive forward always using the present gift. You're using the past only as a learning experience and warning, but then you have to drive forward using the present as a gift. Now, after setting an intention to drive forward within bracket future, use Mystery to remind me that it is unknown and unexplainable. So now after setting in an intention to drive forward to my destination, I will use gifts of the present moment in the following ways creatively.
Right now, right now, breathe deeply. I'm going to do it right now with you guys. My lovely listeners and readers. Right now, use my five senses available to me instead of crying over the past or worrying about my future.
Five senses, what am I seeing, what am I smelling, what am I tasting, what am I listening, hearing and what am I feeling. Right now, use all the available internal body resources like thinking, feeling, sensing, acting, use all these available resources. Right now, allow me to use the abundantly available external resources of air, water, sunlight, earth and sky from the nature. Tangible materials developed by mankind and animate and animate creatures.
I know it sounds very philosophical. You might want to listen to this episode again and again so that you can now create a meaning out of it, your own meaning and see what transpires for you. How would you answer this question? Just you create your own writing you piece and then you can publish it just like I've done it.
You can create a podcast just like I've done it. My other way of thinking, understanding and living that way every day has helped me live a life filled with fulfillment and gratitude. So I will learn more about living meaningfully in the present moment and become a better version of myself. Thank you for reading.
How would your preference and why? Shout out to just Julie and her blog for a very practical, very practical observation and experience shared in the article titled, How to Be Less Self-conscious in Public Situations, Five Essential Tips. Go check it out guys, wonderful article. I have also quoted one of my articles previous articles.
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