A moment is a miniscule period of time. It’s much less than a second. Most people count time in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years. And those are valid periods to track. But the moment is the most important.
A moment lasts less than a blink. But a moment is how long it takes to make a choice, or a decision, or a big mistake. A moment is so small it can’t be recorded, but a moment can create something that lasts a lifetime.
I know so many people today that say they live in the moment. They claim not to worry about tomorrow. They live their life in the here and now, fast and furious, wild and crazy too. They do whatever they want in the moment, and laugh it off later to alcohol or by claiming that this is just who they are.
They don’t worry about tomorrow. They claim not to care about the ramifications of anything done in a moment. They don’t care how it will affect them. They figure it will all work out.
But they forget that the moment not only affects them, if affects everyone.
A moment is plenty of time to make a mistake, to change your life, to hurt yourself or to hurt others. But a moment is also all it takes to change. Someone does something in a moment and it hurts the people around them. But they don’t worry. They try to forget.
But they can use the next moment to set things right. They could use the next moment to change who they are. They could use the next moment to make someone else happy.
A moment is precious, brief and fleeting. But a moment is long enough to say “I love you” or “I need you” or “I miss you”.
The current norm is wrong. We should not live our lives in the moment. You do need to live your life in greater time. Live your life based on what you will be tomorrow, or next week, or next year. Life is short enough already, don’t live your entire life in the moment.
We all die. When we die people will tell stories about us. They will laugh about the moment, and the things one did in the moment. But that ends as the coffin disappears. What remains in their thoughts are who and what a person was or became. It becomes their legacy.
And very bluntly, when we die everything we have disappears. When we die all we have is how we are remembered. And people won’t remember the moment for long.
Live for an eternity. Use a moment to change your life. Use your life to accomplish things, like a healthy family, establishing close friendships, and being a person people want to remember.
So, what are you going to do in the next moment?
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