Hello, this is Ditto.

French philosopher Blaise Pascal pinpointed this lamentable human habit in his work Pensées:

"We never truly live in the present. We merely reminisce about the past and anticipate the future. Since we are always only preparing to be happy, it is inevitable that we will never truly be so."

The wondrous festival of life does not take place in abstract spaces like the past or the future. The celebration happens only in the 'here and now,' right beneath your feet. No matter how beautiful the music playing may be, if you do not drop anchor in the present moment, that music turns into mere noise.
When eating a meal, try to linger solely on the warmth and sweetness of each grain of rice; when walking along a road, direct your mind only to the firmness of the earth beneath your soles. When we fully dwell in the present moment without fleeing to the past or future, the anxieties weighing us down vanish like an illusion, and a quiet tranquility settles in.
In this gentle space where your body resides, won't you allow your wandering mind to settle in and stay as well?

[Poem of the Day]

A Certain Resolve / Lee Hae-in

When my heart ached deeply,
I resolved to live just one day at a time.
When my body was in great pain,
I resolved to live just one moment at a time.
Remembering only what to be thankful for,
Recalling only the love that was shared,
I resolved, under any circumstance,
Never to blame another.
I resolved to quietly gaze
Only into myself.
When I thought of the single day given to me
As my entire lifetime,
Happiness, from just a little ways away,
Came walking toward me with a smile.

I hope you do not miss the evening sunset blooming today because you were too busy worrying about tomorrow's weather.
For life is simply a necklace strung with beads called 'today.'

Please savor this fleeting moment of serenity in which you now rest.

This was Ditto.