Why Wait To Enjoy Life?

Here is one of my article that I believe will help you start thinking about the beauty of enjoying your everyday life. Enjoy!

Sometimes, we get so caught up in remembering yesterday that we forget to enjoy today. Today! Right now! This moment! That is all you have available to you. You can remember yesterday, you can think about tomorrow, but RIGHT NOW is all there is available to you to use as you want.
Enjoy your days NOW! Make the most of today. Have fun. Laugh. Enjoy life. Sure, maybe things could be better in your life. But, then again, they could be worse. Sure, maybe you’re a little short of money right now. But, then again, you could be flat broke. Sure, maybe things
are looking pretty dark right now. But, you’re still breathing, aren’t you. As long as you are taking a breath, there is hope! As long as you reach out to someone else, there is love! As long as you believe, there is faith!
I want to give you five things that will help you start enjoying your life right now…
1. Look at the good things happening in your life! Don’t focus on the bad stuff. Don’t keep thinking negative thoughts. Start thinking positive thoughts. Write down positive affirmations. Put them in places you will see them each day. Read them out loud. Start believing them.
2. Never, and I mean NEVER, give up! Do you have a terminal illness? Do you know the definition of “terminal?” Let me tell you…Causing, ending in, or approaching death. Well guess what, we are all terminal! From the moment we are born, we are approaching death. But NOTHING is fatal until you take that last breath. You may have some disease. Things may be pretty bad right now. You may feel like just giving up. DON’T YOU EVER GIVE UP!!!
3. Learn to forgive others! Were you abused as a child? Were you abandoned? Have you gone through a bitter divorce? Did you lose someone through the fault of someone else? Forgive them! Wait a minute, School; you just don’t know what you’re asking! Forgive them! Do you have any idea how they ruined my life? Forgive them! My daughter was only 15 years old when she was killed! Forgive them! It’s hard, believe me I know. I know! That unforgiving heart is beating in YOUR body. You’re not having any effect on the one who wronged you. It is you who is suffering, not them. An unforgiving heart is a poison that is spreading through your body and it will destroy you unless you take the remedy. What is the remedy? Forgive them!
4. Learn to forgive yourself! We’ve all done things we regret! Some are worse than others but they all have one thing in common. They are all in the past! If there is nothing you can do about it now, let it go. Learn from your mistakes but let them go. Do you know what happens when you grab a live electrical wire? It sends shocks through your body and you can’t let it go until the circuit is broken. If someone else touches you, they will be stuck on the wire with you. That’s the way your past mistakes are when you don’t forget them. You can’t let go and the people around you are affected by them too! You both suffer until you are able to let go.
5. Do acts of kindness! Not random acts of kindness…do a kind act every chance you get! When you do something good, it not only makes other people feel good, it makes YOU feel good! Don’t do good things and then go tell everyone about it. Do good things and keep it to yourself. If you have to tell everybody, you are not doing them for the right reason. Keep them to yourself. Cherish them. Think about them. You will be amazed at the change it brings about in yourself.
The time is now. The moment is now. Welcome to your life.