Living In The Now Novels & Stories

Another point which we hardly notice or take lightly is not focusing on "the now we have right under our noses... Focus on the present! Worrying to a certain degree about your future is normal, but don’t overlook the power of being in the present moment. You can’t change the past, but you can control what you do right now. Stop caring about what people think of you. Fear of criticism is one of the most destructive fears known to humanity. It can debilitate you to the point paralysis. Learn early in life that it doesn’t matter what people think of you. It really doesn’t. And besides, people are too worried about what you think about them to care about you!

“ Yeah. ” “ Let's just go with the flow. At least for now. ” “ Yup. We've gotta live in the moment by avoiding dwelling on the past and overly thinking about the unseen future. ” “ Right! ” ..... A/N : How was the chapter, guys?

For once, she didn’t feel the need to plan tomorrow. Just being here, in this moment — breathing, healing, living — was enough.

Couldn't stop treating life like battle. They left. Respectfully. Sadly. But left. Needed different path. Different answer. Different way of being. And that was okay. That was their choice. Their right. Their reality. Rest of us? We learned. Slowly. Painfully. How to just be. Thorne helped most. He'd always been better at present. At living in moment. At not overthinking everything. He taught me. Showed me. Reminded me constantly. "Right now," he had say. When I started spiraling. Started worrying. Started trying to solve unsolvable. "Right now you're safe. Right now you're here. Right now you're real. That's all that matters. Just now."

I stayed because for the first time in years, I felt like I was living instead of just existing. And somewhere in the staying, in the mornings waking up to paint-stained sheets and the smell of coffee, in the evenings watching him work while I sketched building designs, I realized I’d stopped running toward some distant future and started inhabiting my present. It terrified me. It thrilled me. It felt like finally, finally breathing.

So, they would change. All of these felt like a dream, one that heals the heart but for a short period. I had lived in this short season of my life like it was a dream. But I'd soon be swept away by the current and forget it was just a dream. Live in the moment! I heard that somewhere. It's a beautiful statement. But is it that easy to live in the moment? If we did live in the moment, what about the sadness that comes with having to move on and back into what we used to hate before?

Those words brought peace to me, but still the fulfilment is were it all lies, for now let's just let the candle of hope burn and maybe, just maybe, it may create an eternal unquenchable flame that'll bind us together forever. Our fingers intertwined, and I felt an unusual rush... Pushing away the feeling, I decided to live in the moment as I rested my head on his shoulder and we kept on talking... "What are those?..." He asked pointing at the pink box and it's contents. I have been so carried away by his presence and company, I'd forgotten what brought me here today... Memories of the past... Anyways, If there's one thing everything has taught me, it's that's sometimes you've just got to li

Knowing this doesn't make it easier, but at least I understand what I'm experiencing and why. The boys have taken Buddy outside to the backyard and we can hear them playing through the open windows, their laughter mixing with Buddy's excited barking, and the normalcy of it helps ground me in the present moment instead of spiraling into anxiety about future possibilities. This is real—my family, my home, the sound of children playing with their dog on a Sunday afternoon. This is what I fought for, what I survived for, and I need to let myself enjoy it instead of constantly bracing for it to be taken away. ********

I love that about her, she doesn't care if people make fun or criticize. "There are better things to do in this life so instead of giving relevance to situations or people that don't have it just enjoy and be happy." That's what he has always told me, and how right he is. In less time than a rooster can crow we arrive at our destination, we enter the psychology center and it is 9AM, the exact time of my appointment. We sit down in the waiting room, minutes later my psychologist appears through the door of her office and beckons me to come in.

I lost it somewhere between the day before yesterday and today's dawn. Have you ever been so tired that your own shoulders become too heavy for you to carry? I am. I want to fall flat on my face, stay there, never get back up, die and get this over with. I may not be the biggest victim of the episodes at home, but they take their toll regardless. I try very hard all day to be present, to stay in the Now. But i suppose somethings, some feelings, some vibes can't be held onto for very long. I feel myself slipping, exiting the Now. Reality is not worth being in again. So I leave.