Live in the Moment

“Cherish every moment, because for every breath you take, someone else is taking their last,” – Anonymous.
We all know that life is short, but I guess we never really realize it until it’s someone close to us that’s gone. Every day we see deaths of people younger and younger. Life is a precious thing that we tend to take for granted. No man knows the day or the time. It’s time we cherish life for what it is.
Our generation has a habit of comparing and competing. We are constantly looking at others’ lives from a social media point of view. We see what they want us to see, and we put ourselves down because we aren’t meeting the so-called “status quo.” Everyone’s life and timeline is different. Sometimes we get so caught up in our future that we let the present pass us up. Before we know it, our whole life has flown by.
The recent loss of our peers should be a sign that anything can happen in the blink of an eye. Don’t let your life pass you up before you even get a chance to really live it because, at any moment, we can be stripped of that privilege.
Oftentimes, we don’t realize just how good we have it until it’s gone. I’ve learned that there are several ways to cherish your life, however, all of them start with choosing happiness. Being happy does not come with things or people, it starts within. To be happy with oneself is to be happy with life and all of its amenities. In life, we face many challenges. Some are easy to tackle, and some take days to climb, yet we must learn to be successful with them all one by one. After all, we only get one life to live.
Oh, how heartbreaking it is to look at all the young souls gone too soon. The lives that had yet to be lived at maximum potential. Not a day goes by that we don’t think about someone dear to us, someone that is gone too soon. We think about what could have been or what should have been and instantly regret this. The memories never leave.
The dreams left untouched.
As we continue to go through life with the weight of our loved ones on our shoulders, we should start to embrace every second we have. We need to truly live in the moment. After all, the greatest gift you can receive is another day of life. Don’t take it for granted.