Life is a PRESENT. Interestingly, PRESENT means both a GIFT and NOW. Perhaps there is wisdom hidden in the language itself: when we truly live in the NOW, life becomes a GIFT.
But the MIND rarely stays there. It oscillates between the past and the future. We wonder why something happened, what could have been different, or worry about what may happen tomorrow. In doing so, we miss the only moment where life actually exists.
A beautiful formula simplifies this:
“Accept, don’t wonder. Replace hope with surrender.”
The past cannot be changed, so accept it completely rather than repeatedly questioning it. The future cannot be controlled, so surrender it to the Divine rather than becoming attached to how it should unfold.
This does not mean we stop planning or acting. We act with complete dedication, but without carrying the burden of yesterday or the anxiety of tomorrow.
Accept the past. Surrender the future. Live NOW.
The MIND may travel through time, but life happens only in the PRESENT. Learn to remain there, and life itself becomes the PRESENT — the GIFT.