Now Is the Time
Now Is the Time
Junious Ricardo Stanton
The concept of time is an artificial construct invented by humans to help us understand the processes of living by providing reference points using such notions as the past, present and future. Humans have marked time differently over the millennia. Some used the moon, others the sun while others invented calendars to mark the passing of days months and years.
But in the end, time is merely a man-made construct
something all cultures internally agree upon to suit their needs and purposes. In
our era, we say things like: time marches on, time stood still, or time is
speeding up. It is none of this, because the concept of time is something we
make up, it is not real, it is not an actual thing.
Many of us
are fascinated by time. We’re always focused on some aspect of time, the past,
the future and the present. Unfortunately, most of our focus is in the form of
worry, anxieties, apprehensions, anticipations and expectations. Remember when
you were younger you couldn’t wait to turn a certain age or you felt you couldn’t
wait for your natal day, a holiday or special event to arrive? That was in the future
something you were enthusiastically anticipating. On the other hand, there were
things you dreaded, maybe a doctor’s visit, a school examination or a
conversation with teacher, your parents, a girlfriend or boyfriend. All of these
were couched in the concept of future time.
On the other
hand, many of us are overly fixated with the past. We spend inordinate amounts
of energy and thought thinking about, emotionalizing, rehashing, regretting and
reliving events and experiences that have already happened not only to us but
others whether a few days, months or even lifetimes ago. For example, history
is seen as the past, some of us want to leave it there and not remember it at
all while others carry it with them constantly for better or worse. We spend
our energy often agonizing about our experiences, or joyously reliving them
because of what we accomplished and achieved or didn’t.
From a
practical perspective all we have is now, the present. The past has already happened
and the future is yet to occur. Yes, we can learn many valuable lessons from
our past, our history impacts our present because life is a continuum, on
ongoing process. We can use past
experiences to help us navigate the present. We are all creatures of habit. We
tend to do things over and over again often because it feels “comfortable” or
because we want to fit in, conform to others’ expectations and demands of us,
their norms or our cultural patterns. All
we have is now, that being the case let us decide to use this now, this moment
to be our best selves.
The best
way to effectuate this type of self-actualization and transformation is by
living in the now, being aware of the present, what many call being mindful.
Our present can be better than our past if we choose it to be regardless of happenstance
or what is going on around us. We have the power to alter our lives, we have
the ability to effectuate change, to either deconstruct or reconstruct our
lives by changing our thoughts, attitudes and our behavior. We have the ability
to refashion and change the trajectory of our lives for better or worse. This
is a powerful ability one very few of us take full advantage of because too
often we are stuck in the past, worrying about the future or conforming to
someone else’s vision or agenda!
Daily we
are manipulated by nefarious forces using highly sophisticated technology to
create a false reality and manufacture a state of being which benefits and
enriches them totally at our expense. They want to enslave us in a dystopian technocratic
hellscape. They do this by keeping us distracted, deceived, discombobulated and
divided. We can escape their manufactured milieu by thinking critically, being
aware, mindful and envisioning a purposeful life for ourselves here and now. We
can not only alter our own destiny and quality of life; we can help change the
world for the better. It is possible. Now is the time, take full advantage of all of
its possibilities and potential.
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