This is not a geography question – one of the few subjects at school I liked. It is metaphysical.
I am not sure that even metaphysical is right – my memories of philosophy tell me that is “not of this world” – well perhaps our minds may just fit there, depending on your own beliefs and that one could distract me right now.
The future – the past – or the present?
Living in the future is the place for fear, worry, perfectionism, control, and unhappiness. I fall into this everyday. I promote websites for a living and I want to see the results and I keep thinking about those dam results. I wonder where it will be tomorrow.
Living in the future is a bad place for my head – I can dream, let my mind soar, imagine all sort of possibilities and I do sometimes. I like to go there with Anna, we can talk about the future and think of the things we can do, make our plans together for life, discover what we are enthusiastic about – this is an exploration and it is great to deliberately expand our minds in this direction – see all that we can be and do. But this works best when we come back to today and put into action the work and actions to achieve these dreams. Future = Fear – I can do without that today.
Living in the past, another bad place for my head if I spend too long there. It can be a nice place for a short visit, telling funny stories, sharing my pain of people missed, and opportunities gone.
Too much time spent in the past I find lead to misery, depression, and a lack of confidence about the future. The past can be a great place to learn lessons from – if I am willing and able.
Living today is the hardest part of life. My thinking mind believes it is king, and therefore it wants to think, think about everything and anything – this must stop. Thinking is over-rated.
I am happiest when I am completely concentrated and focused on the task in front of me. Now are you asking yourself that I just want a happy hedonistic way of life? No, I want satisfaction, I want to lay down my head at the end of the day and feel like I lived that day. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to find and use that focus – this is a good use of my will, and practice does make it easier.
My happiest memory from university is playing hurling with my friend Dara. It is impossible to play hurling, without getting hurt, and be thinking about something else at the same time.
Lose yourself and find life.
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