I just recently re-read “Intimacy: Trusting Oneself and the Other” by Osho and enjoyed the reminders on cultivating intimacy and, in turn, presence in our daily lives.
Let go of the past and future. The stories you tell yourself about the past and the future distract you from the present, where your most powerful choices and awareness stems from, where life is fresh and new and tender.
Death is guaranteed. It is the one constant and known thing in this life. So enjoy the moments you have with the people you love now.
I thought of my own family and while I am so lucky to live in a time where I can contact them immediately (reminder: pick up the phone and call someone you love), I am also reminded that life is ephemeral and impermanent.
The house that we lived in as children has been renovated. The portals have closed and while there are some that still remain open, I can’t help but tear up thinking that those moments and memories in time will, one day, no longer physically be visited.
But they are still here now. And I will make all subsequent moments with my family matter.
The knowledge of the ephemerality and impermanence of this life and everything within up stirs up two main emotions. First, is sadness/grief. Because I love something and the fact that it can, one day, be taken from me, makes me sad that it will no longer be here. And the second is gratitude. Gratitude because with this knowledge, I can bring more presence, awareness and appreciation into my experience with me and cherish it all the more. It makes me more conscious about the old stories and patterns that I may still have active as I go into new moments with the people that I know. And the reminder that I can drop all of the old stories, feelings, resentments, traumas and see them in the present. With love. With appreciation.
Don’t wait until something is gone to remember all that you love and appreciate about them/it. By then, it is too late. The moment is gone. Because the moment is now.
Remember while you are here. Remember while you can. While it is still fresh.
May life grant me many more happy, healthy and joyful years and memories with the people I love. My family. My friends. Nature. This world. May we make the most of these moments together.
Every day lived is another one closer to death. And I shall be very grateful to wake up every day with a new chance to live life.
Xo,
Jules
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