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This weekend I did a lot of soul searching.  I realized that one of the reasons I am not happy is that I either live in the past or the future.  It’s never in the present.  What made me think about this was after I watched “Kung Fu Panda” with the kiddies.  The wise Oogway says,

 “You are too concerned with what was and with what will be. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”

Funny how a cartoon shows such wisdom that is lacking within oneself.  The past is long and gone.  Unless someone creates a time machine for consumers, I will never be able to redo any of my past actions, or be able to avoid situations that had caused me so much misery.

The future hasn’t happened.  I can create goals to reach those future dreams, but I can’t keep focusing on what is yet to come.  It’s like the ancient Egyptians when they were living just to prepare for their deaths.  Were they have ever able to be happy?  This is what I finally realized, neither will I.

I want to live every day like it’s my last.  I want to do every thing that I have always wanted to do NOW because when the day comes that I have to leave this world, I will with a smile on my face.

Thanks Oogway and the Kung Fu Panda creators!

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