Cry Only for the Present

I've decided.

I will not cry for what's lying ahead in the future anymore. Instead, I will cry for what is happening at the present, the now. It is useless to shed your tears at something that has not happened yet. The future will, in time, take its place and only then will I react to what has become of it. I have rediscovered this thought just now, this thought of living at the present.

I had been worried about something a little while ago and at one point, that worry took my mind wandering into the future, feeding my imagination with visions of failing and disappointment. As the thought of failing in something and disappointing everyone crossed into my mind, it made me feel the sudden urge to cry.

I shook my head.

"No." I thought. "It's not good to cry for something that has not happened yet, cry only when it has actually happened."

Dazed by the thought that came in me as if a wise person inside of me had spoken it in behalf of myself, I absorbed the idea with full open mind. (This was not the first time that it happened).

The urge to cry disappeared. The feeling of being vulnerable dissipated and a feeling of unknown yet familiar vigor replaced it.

"Precisely." I thought as I grinned.

It is pointless to worry of the things that are not yet here, at the present moment, insensible to the five senses. Right now, what is important is living at the present. The future will take its course, pleasant or not.