Life Is Now! This Moment! Live It!

Life is meant to be lived so I have heard too often not just in music, movies or poem but almost in many people I encounter. I am sitting in a speed boat in the middle of Maldive Indian ocean..high tides and high waves keep swinging us up and down. My husband calm as alway kisses my hands tenderly reminding me to also stay calm.

I am clouded by many thoughts, I look on my right there is only dark cloud gathering in the sky ready to attack our boat, I look on the left the same situation the local Maldivian men are so relaxed in this huge tide like just riding in the city lol. And my thoughts can't seem to escape this parade..life to the fullest I am thinking.

You should live this day to the fullest. In harmony with yourself. Because no matter what happened, how bad it was, you still have yourself. Your unique, precious self. Today is a new day, a new start. You are not your mistakes; you are not defined by them. Let go of your mistakes or what you think are your mistakes. Look at the opportunities today offers. Today is a new chance to be yourself and let your strengths show. Let your talents unfold. Let whatever you are good at shine. No matter what, you have you. And it’s a pity not appreciating who you are because you are looking for someone else or something else to make you complete. You are complete as you are. You are enough. You are important.

Those uncertainties thought continue to cloud my thoughts over and over, the waves are getting bigger nothing seems to be clearing on our way the boat is speeding like never before, There is a huge silence inside the boat only the waves of the oceans are responding to our heartbeat. The uncertainty of life is frightening. I don’t want to die without living my life to its fullest. I don’t want to die with regrets. I don’t want to die in fear. Because if the time comes that I need to go, I want to go in peace.

Thinking about death does not tantamount to thinking about killing yourself or actually dying. All I can think is that, I can’t die now because I’m still scared. I’m scared that I won’t be able to say I love you enough to the people that matter to me. I’m scared because I still want to ask forgiveness from the people I hurt. I still want to forgive the people that hurt me, even myself. I can’t die now, not yet.

My thoughts dark thoughts are triggered by another gentle kiss from my husband to some more vibrant and positive thoughts now....I start to appreciate this moment being in this near death experience, the enlightenment part of it... To find awesomeness and surprises in every day I live. Do your best in anything you do. Get up every day and try to make the best of it, because you don’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow. To truly live is to appreciate every millisecond of your life.

Dear readers this is for you, "Today make a bold decision close the door to your past and step forward; open the door to your future. It’s yours to shape in any way you desire. It’s yours to live up to the fullest. So, wipe your tears. Take some slow, deep, calming breaths. Today is a new chance to be yourself and let your strengths show. Let your talents unfold. Let whatever you are good at shine. No matter what, you have you. And it’s a pity not appreciating who you are because you are looking for someone else or something else to make you complete. You are complete as you are. You are enough. You are important."

Before I close this last paragraph... I’ll start with loving the people that matter without any boundaries. I’ll start with choosing to be good. I’ll start with trying rather than thinking I can’t. I’ll start with myself because eventually that’s how it will end.

What experiences have you encountered that have transformed how you view life in general? Leave a comment or share it with someone you care about.