Be happy in the moment that’s enough: Another beautiful quote by Mother Teresa about living in the moment. Perhaps this is most relevant for a fast-paced world with multiple distractions. I can start this with the dopamine addiction social media has created or the attention deficiency due to short videos. I don’t know what exactly to blame, but there’s a cultural transition taking us away from living in the moment.
Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more
Mother Teresa
It is hard to stay still and embrace the silence and boredom in life. I recall a talk by Simon Sinek which talks about the power of boredom. That aside, let’s focus on the meaning of this quote about living in the moment. This quote for me talks about mindfulness, being present and recognising that happiness doesn’t have to be complicated.
The biggest challenge we all have is in seeing things for what they are. Our mind and are so busy that they keep connecting various things happening in the world. There’s enough to worry us and the number one thing most people worry about is the future. None of us have as much control on the future as we think. The only thing we can do is to try and be happy in the moment.
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Be happy in the moment that’s enough
This is indeed a hard task – when people ask us to be happy in the moment, I feel that this is an oversimplified statement. How can you expect to be happy in the moment when so many things happening in the world. Some of these are personal. However so many of them are beyond our control. The news talks about horrific wars or mistreatment of humans across the world. In such a scenario and even with worries happening in our life, it is hard to be happy in the moment. Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today
It is difficult to be happy in the moment because we are torn between the past and the future. The past is filled with memories which create an expectation of what happiness or sadness should be. In this image, we lose ourselves because we fail to see what’s in front of us. The same is true for the future. Each time we look at the future, we are worried that something happening now is shattering this image.
We feel so connected to the image that we fail to recognise what’s happening in front of us. This life between the past and the future is standing in the way of us being happy at the moment. Reinforcing this quote from Mother Teresa, there’s a life unfolding in front of us now. If we are not recognising this moment, then we are missing the greatest trick of all.
Each moment is all we need, not more
With that being said, I still think that this is a powerful statement to reflect on. It is a challenging achievement to live in the moment and not let the fears of the future or guilt of the past bother us. Our minds are not trained to remain still and embrace the moment as it is. It naturally wanders off – either imagining things or creating new possibilities.
Although these are great – the quote talks about living in the moment. The book – Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle talks about this beautifully. It is a skill to live in this moment and take in more moments during the day. This helps us reflect on the various treasures we meet daily. It also helps us identify how rich our life can be. To live in the present moment is a miracle
Both sad and happy moments will pass
On the other hand, if things are not going well – we can also take solace in the reality that this is just this moment. It doesn’t reflect what the future or past are like. If we treat this as the merit of this moment, we know that it will past. We can either decide to embrace this moment or treat it as a temporary occurrence. As long as we are completely present in the moment, this is what our life is about – these small moments which define the bigger picture.
Life is fleeting all the time. We only have this moment and nothing else. Everything else is just a perception, an image that we desperately want to believe in. The knowledge that things are temporary should give us some solace to recognise that life is not as serious as we make it to be. In fact there are things well beyond our control that we feel so anxious about.
The main truth to remember is that these moments will pass. And each moment is all we need – these moments add up and create a phenomenun of their own. Let universe figure out how to connect this while we play the role of an observer. We don’t have the task of doing this all ourselves. Sometimes we just have to be happy in the moment and life life moment to moment.
Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more – Mother Teresa
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Now
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y3iH12qSyc
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/sense-time/202203/past-present-future-don-t-get-stuck-in-single-time-dimension