Most of us are so horrible at living in the present. We are either full steam ahead into the future, not even living in our own moments. Or we are falling into the arms of our pasts over and over and over again.
We miss the day to day precious aspects of life. And because we’re so focused on the future or the past or anything but the present – it feels like everything is temporary.
When you move into a new apartment you say “oh I’ll only be here for a year.” When you start a new relationship you say “I’m not sure how long it’ll last.” When you start a new job you say “I think this will be good for the next couple of years.” When you get into a slump you say “I’m sure I’ll be better next week.”
But life isn’t temporary. Living, loving, working, feeling – these are not temporary things. So you can’t dismiss them now because you think everything will be different in the future. The future is distant and you only have so much control over your life.
The only thing you can control is what you make of that life. How you turn that apartment into a home. How you turn that relationship into a marriage. How you excel at your new job. How you improve your mood because you’re not waiting on someone to do it for you.
If you keep viewing things as temporary, those permanent things you’re yearning for will never actually come to be. Any thing that you want there to be more of in the future needs to not be considered temporary. Make it a constant and put the work into it. It’s okay if some things are just for now, as long as you don’t want them for later.
Rosie Culture 
Yes! Thank you for this! I been thinking much about this lately!
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Thank you for reblogging!! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Journals and Lattes.
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The culture has been so.
The tag line of your blog ‘Hookup Culture’ suits to this post.
Rosie !
Good Post Indeed!
Shiva
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So true! Thanks for reading 🙂
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Very true. Great post.
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Thank you 🙂
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Everything I have found has a beginning and end. It has a shelf life. Nothing lasts forever.
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That can be true but it’s mostly because we eventually die haha
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Life is temporary but that does not mean all its aspects have to be. Awesome post 😀
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Thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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I have fallen victim to thinking my ‘home’ is temporary. I can’t bring myself to decorate how I want because in the back of my mind, I just keep thinking that it’s only temporary (probably since I’m saving up for a house), but I’ve had this feeling since I left my parents’ house 4 years ago. Since then, I have lived in 5 different places, so the nomadic lifestyle that I feel I’ve been thrown into is not helping… Thanks for this post! Maybe I will go home and hang that wall art that I’ve been wanting to hang. 🙂
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I am the same way! I have a bunch of things leaning against the wall, I don’t hang them up because I feel like I won’t be there long! But I think we need to just commit
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Same! I even have a couple of sconces that are on the floor leaning again the wall I want to hang them, but can’t find the drive to do so.
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This is so absolutely beautiful !!!!!
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Thank you!! 🙂
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Nice post, made me stop and think.
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Glad you enjoyed 🙂
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A lovely write!
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Thank you 🙂
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It is often remarked that “the only things certain in life are death and taxes”. Perhaps we should substitute the word “permanent” for “certain” …! Kevin
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