I'm having a hard time today. The sky is grey and so is my mood. I have let my self become discouraged again. I feel lonely, sad, and anxious. I understand, however, it is my choice to change what I'm feeling now by changing my thinking now. I will not stay in gloom any longer for it is my decision not to. The words below give me hope that if I keep trying things will happen as they should.
Eknath Easwaran’s Thought for the Day
February 21
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. – The Buddha
When the mind is at rest, we are lifted out of time into the eternal present. The body, of course, is still subject to the passage of time. But in a sense, the flickering of the mind is our internal clock. When the mind does not flicker, what is there to measure change? It’s as if time simply comes to a stop for us, as we live completely in the present moment. Past and future, after all, exist only in the mind. When the mind is at rest, there is no past or future. We cannot be resentful, we cannot be guilt-ridden, we cannot build future hopes and desires; no energy flows to past or future at all. Past and future are both contained in every present moment. Whatever we are today is the result of what we have thought, spoken, and done in all the present moments before now – just as what we shall be tomorrow is the result of what we think, say, and do today. The responsibility for both present and future is in our own hands. If we live right today, then tomorrow has to be right.
The Thought for the Day is today's entry from Eknath Easwaran's Words to Live By. (Copyright 1999 & 2005 by The Blue Mountain Center of Meditation.)
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