Living Today and Enjoying the Journey

 
I find myself always focusing on my future plan, and so desperately wanting to go on a winning streak of some sort. Not very often do I focus on what’s going on today, so why is that? Why is it so hard for me to focus on today, but very easy to focus on tomorrow or 5 years from now?
 
Could it be because emotions are in the way? Am I blinded by how I feel in this very moment just enough for me to not trust what God has for me? Possibly. If this is the case, then I am able to see that my emotions blind me to God’s plan and cause me to freak out and want to take control. But by taking control I am only hurting myself. 
 
Could it be that I feel as if I have a lack the resources? Often this process starts off by saying something to the extent of “well once I am stronger, or have more money, or have that job then I don’t have to worry so much”. I convince myself that I am just a step or two away from everything falling right into place, and when that happens I can focus on the here and now.
 
The truth is, if we wait for our right time, or the perfect conditions, we will be dead before we have the chance to even try. We are only given right now. For all we know, we could drop over for any reason at any time. We only have the time that is given to us in the present. I wonder why another name for a gift is a present, is it because the present is a gift? just a thought.
 
By telling ourselves that tomorrow is the day, it will always end up being tomorrow, and never today.
 
Now I am not saying to forget all about the past or walking blindly forward. The past is a great tool for us to realize how to work in the current. By looking to our past we can see what works and what doesn’t, but we should never dwell in our past. And planning for the future is not a bad thing; planning and setting goals gives us something to strive towards. We must however enjoy today, enjoy right now, and enjoy the journey. By not enjoying the journey, it’s like reading just the last few pages of a good book. we miss how the characters got to where they are and we cant appreciate the current place they are in as much.
 
Mathew 6:34 says Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
 
So I encourage you, and myself to look around to the people who around us right now, and the situation we are in right now, and ask ourselves a question; “how can I love and serve God and the people around me?”
 
By doing this, we live in the now, and enjoy the journey.