Free Beer Tomorrow

LIFE – Let It Flow Easy!!A man walks into the bar and gets excited as he sees the sign ” Free Beer Tomorrow”.  He feels happy and is now looking forward to tomorrow. Who wouldn’t want to get a Pint of their favourite beer. He eagerly waits for the morning and then quickly wraps up his work to hit the bar in the evening for his free drink. What an awesome day he tells himself. Rushing to the bar all cheery, he asks the bartender for his free beer. The bartender, surprisingly looks at the man and politely says – “Sir, what free beer are you talking about?”.  The man pointing to the sign said, I was here yesterday and it said “Free Beer Tomorrow”.  The Bartender sheepishly replies, ” I am afraid Sir, you’ll have to come tomorrow. For this is ‘Today’.”

Isn’t this how we live life – constantly planning for the future that we forget that tomorrow never comes, for when it comes it is always TODAY.

Our life timeline has moments of Past, present and future. Past is only a memory. Future is just imagination. And Life only happens in the present moment. Whenever it comes, it is always the present moment. Present as a gift or Pre-sent , like my teacher used to tell me.  The present moment is always a gift from the universe reminding us to seize the moment and live it to the fullest. For once the moment passes away, it will never come back.  Like a bank account, time only gets debited from our limited time bank account on this physical plane of existence, our life as such.

However, very often we are busy living our past which is only in our memory in the present or stress ourselves of all the things that we need to achieve or all the chores that need to be completed in the future.  Our focus like a pendulum oscillates between past and future.  When we spend too much time being attached to the events of the past, be it the good memories or the not so good memories, reliving those past moments , unknowingly, we let the past enter our present and restrict the limitless potential that life has to offer in the NOW.  Its the same with the constant obsession of the future.  All kinds of stress, anxiety, worry, sadness is a reminder that we have shifted ourselves from the present moment into the past or future.  The present moment is what will take us into the future. My teacher used to say this “The past does not dictate the future, unless you dictate it.”

Whatever you wish to create, NOW is the best time to create it.