Do we seize the moment? Or does the moment seize us?
And what of the present? Isn’t it always now?
These thoughts are the message I took from the movie Boyhood. I Loved the movie and highly recommend it, but it will not be a movie for everyone. I am not a movie critic so I will leave my critique at that.
The message … wow. I strive to live in the present. I can’t change the past so I review it and try to learn from it. I do not want to live in the past. Then there’s the future, I do want to be prepared and plan for it as well as set a few goals to work toward and dream a bit. I do not want to live in a future fantasy, we know not what the future will actually bring.
If I live in the now, experience each moment which comes, I can live more fully. I can’t change the past nor predict the future but I can influence right now. I can make the now better by how I percieve it, react to it and what I can bring to it …at this moment.
It is always now. Always. Right now.
I believe if I let the moment seize me, I can also seize the moment …but only if I am aware.
Tomorrow is 2015. It’s just another day, another sunrise. Today is 2014 and it’s just a day like any day. What makes each day different for me is what I choose to make of it. At this moment I share my contemplation.
May your now be a great moment and your tomorrow a wonderful new year!
With love,
Fearsome Beard
Fearsome Beard 
It’s really all we have. It comes down to what we do with it. Regret? Anxiety? Happiness? So much of it is a choice.
I find that I’m spending more and more time being frustrated. Unless I can use that to work through some things this amounts to wasted time. It’s simply amazing that I can make the best choice, right now.
So many religions and philosophies emphasize living in the present, as this is indeed a truism.
Well Said Sir!