7 GOOD REASONS FOR LIVING IN THE EVER-PRESENT NOW
Volume 9

It is no use dwelling in the past and the future because we cannot do anything about them. We have the power to affect only the present. So, give your attention to the here and now to change your life for the better.

1.  You Feel More Energized & Alert
The present moment is the only time that you get real energy and so you feel more alert and alive when you are present. Thoughts of past and future suck your energy away especially when thoughts are of worry or cause anxiety. You have either fewer accidents or none at all when present because you are more alert.

2. You Become Healthier
As you receive more energy (“prana” in Sanskrit, and “qi” in Chinese), you become healthier. You also get more vitality as you move away from the negative emotions of the past and anxieties about the future. You’re less stressed. For some people, their skins may even glow from the fresh “qi” that now courses through their bodies.

3.  You Enjoy Life More
When you are fully present in the Now moment, you become fully aware of all the opportunities for abundance, joy and happiness that are available in the space around you. As you move away from the perceived pain of the past and the fears about the future, you remove the fog of negativity that clouds your vision and you experience the truth that life is truly good.

4.  You Have More Opportunities To Abundance
This is for the simple reason that you notice more of the opportunities that are available here and now. You notice how opportunity awaits at every corner and realize how you can now neutralize the difficulties of the past and worries of the future in this very moment. Doing better in your studies, job or business is part of this new discovery of the value in the present.

5.  You Achieve More In Less Time
The present moment makes you undeniably more efficient and productive as you are not slowed by the drag of the past and future but ride with the current of the Now. You move without being hampered by doubt (past) or fear (future). You will find yourself acting only in the flow of what is necessary and best for the moment.

6.  You Make Better Choices
What is there to think about the future when it has not yet arrived? And isn’t it a fact that your future depends on what you decide today in the present? So doesn’t it naturally follow that if you choose or decide rightly today, your future too would be right? Reflect on that for a moment.

7.  Your Relationships Improve
You connect better with people as your present responses are not influenced by your past interaction with them or worry about how they perceive you in the future. Thus your interaction with people becomes more honest and authentic, which are the basic requirements for a relationship of trust and respect.