Here I am. I finally break down and enter the old age of computers by making myself a blog. I decided to make this today after an interesting speech I attended at my college. The person who was speaking talked a lot about higher potential, and living your life knowing that good things will come your way with proper determination. I had a lot of ideas and feelings that came up during the speech, and I thought that others would want to hear about my opinion on them...and if not then I am really writing this to brush up on my English and general writing skills.
Unfortunately, the inspiration and thoughts I had on the subject of the talk/speech have long since left me; in an emulsion of things to do and other thoughts, ideas, and feelings about my new surroundings and how things really are. And that is really what I am here to do. Pour myself out on the page talking about whatever has come to my mind recently. Most of this will be raw, uncut, and unedited...primarily because that is what blogging is all about, just uncensored thoughts streaming onto the page (or in this case the computer screen). That is also why I named my blog area stream of consciousness, being that this is where my subjects will arrive on the page from.
So, enough of the introductions and such. I would like to talk about a concept that has baffled me, confused me, enlightened me, and embraced me all at once for the last few years of my life. The concept of living for today. Living life to its fullest is really what everyone wants to do...but how many of us really do it? I know I try, but with technology the way it is today, and our tendencies as humans to look ahead to what we have to do muddles and blurs this dream. I really feel like we are missing out on something amazing here. I hate to sound like that guy that sparks the idea of "Oh, I really should live life to the best of my ability each day...but who really does that?" but that is the reality of the situation.
Take it as you may, but what I am about to say further on here is my opinion on the matter. It is short, sweet, and to the point. Because of how we are today, as obvious as this may seem, I think we are missing our true potential as a race. Think about this, what would life be like if everyone lived in the moment. Would it be any better? Could it be worse? I think it can be a little of both. The good would stem from the fact that we would have philosophers and leaders all on the same page, thinking about what is needed at this moment, not necessarily in the future. But, in that same light, it could be a bad thing. Economic resources, our environment, and the advancement of science as a whole could be ultimately put on hold. We would never really grow until we realized that our resources were now becoming scarce and we would then do something about it because it would be effecting us at that moment.
It really is a hard concept to grasp, and really hard to force into reality. I think a healthy mix of realizing that today will be gone and we will never, ever get it back; and knowing that we do need to preserve our economy and resources so that when we live in the moment, everything (well not everything, but go with me on this one) will resolve and work out. Just like the time I have spent writing, thinking, and acting upon this... I will never get that back, and to be honest, right now, I am okay with that. I am living in the moment.
