Cherish where you are
and the moment you are in right now
and the people that you have around you
because you don't know how long
they are going to be around you for
And
this is just like hitting me
right now
because I just keep seeing these friends
recently that I haven't seen for so long and
I don't know when I'm going to be able to see them again
And so this time I'm like
really appreciating the time that I have with them
And it's
It's the fact that I'm not going to be able to see them again
that's making me feel like that
But that
That's a decision that you can make
That's a way that you can choose your life
You can choose to be in that moment
And choose to be really present
And to be grateful and appreciate
the fact that you do have this time with that person
Whether they are family or friends or
or whatever
Pets
It's a choice
It's a choice that we make every day unconsciously
most of the time
We choose to just be
To be vacant
To just let the world go by
and to us go by with the world
And yet
All of us have in us this ability
to just stop for a moment and think
Okay, this is my life right now
This is the life that I'm living
Yeah, and I think by thinking like that
By just realising that
time is fleeting
you suddenly know
where you are and what you are doing
and
you enjoy it
And you can just allow yourself to enjoy that
And to appreciate it
And to realise that maybe you're living out a memory right now
Maybe you're living out a moment
that is going to stay with you for a long time
Maybe this conversation
Will keep coming back to you
and will energise you and push you forwards into the future
You know?
Maybe these people mean more to you
than you realise right now
Maybe they have things to add to your life
that you don't realise right now
Maybe they have things to say to you if you listen
that are gonna change very important things in your life
All I'm trying to say is
Right now I'm really appreciating
the small amount of time I know I have with everybody around me
and I want to bring that
into the rest of my life
I want to make a conscious effort
to be more present and to appreciate
everything I have right now
That's it
Appreciate your life
Sounds so cheesy
Oh man, my arm is aching
Me and Ella are going to have to leave the UK pretty soon
And so
with that I'm
I'm feeling like we've come to the end of our UK journey
We still have Christmas
We still have New Years
And we still have plenty of chance
to catch up with some friends who I haven't even seen yet
People that are really close and dear to me
Or were two and half years ago
The last time I was in the UK
And so I'm gonna make sure that every
moment I spend with them
I am like fully aware
and appreciating and just
there with my whole being
And not thinking about other things, not
distracted by what I need to do tomorrow
or later that day
You know, just giving them my full attention
And I want that to bleed over into the rest of my life
I want to live my life by--
Cause life is right now, right?
Life is what we are doing
What we are experiencing in this second
all the time
It's always changing
But that is the way that life is
You can only live right now
You can't live in the past
or live in the future
You can think of those things
but you're thinking about them in the present
I want to take that present moment
I just want to take it and be with it
By doing that I just think
that I'm gonna enjoy my life so much more
than
by worrying about what I'm doing tomorrow
What issues I have that I need to solve next week
Obviously you've got all that stuff
You have it on your calendar to do or whatever
But if you're not doing it
What's the point in worrying about it
Cause worrying about it does nothing
And you could be using that brain power, you know?
Your attention to
To be channelled into other things
Other more important things
that you actually want to be thinking about
Want to be present in
Want to be doing
Life is too short
as my dad always says
And it's true
It's true, the moments we have are only fleeting and temporary
And the time we have with every single person around us
is only fleeting and only temporary
And sometimes
I guess for me
It has to be temporary and fleeting for
me to finally have that shock and realisation
I need to feel how I do when I know that it's temporary
because that way
I know I am going to be able to
wring every ounce of life
and energy and happiness
out of every moment that I possibly can
And that is a good goal
I think, I believe
And I just wanted to share that with you guys
I wanted you to
To feel what I'm feeling right now
because I'm so pumped!
I'm so pumped on life
Alright, peace out