“Right now a moment of time is passing by!  We must become that moment.”

– Paul Cezanne

Cezanne’s words caught my attention and encouraged me to issue a challenge.  Just for today, let’s all try to live every moment that makes up our day.  Just for today, let’s not spend our new moments mired down in yesterday’s troubles.  That time has come and gone, and we cannot reclaim it.  Just for today, let’s not try to live tomorrow before it arrives.  Just for today, let’s do our best to be present to whatever life may offer.

There is nothing wrong with remembering the past.  As I pass the array of photos on my refrigerator, I experience a similar array of memories and feelings that are connected to the times depicted in them.  There is nothing wrong with dreaming of the future and the way our intentions will unfold.  Without dreams, we would lose sight of our purpose for being alive.

Just for today, let’s cultivate our awareness that each present moment is the only place where past and future touch.  It is only in each moment that we can take our past experience and our dreams for the future and live them both in a way that gives our lives meaning.  Just for today, let’s not waste the moments we are given by longing for times that have gone by or for living in a fantasy of days to come.  Let’s use our moments, one after another, to connect our wisdom from past experiences to our dreams for a better world.  Just for today.  And maybe, again, tomorrow.