Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Live in the Present Moment


If I only have six months, I first want to climb at least ten famous mountains in the world with my family and anyone I care most. Mountain is always a special existence in my life; it strengthens my inner spirit and provides value to my life. I wish to climb from Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand to Mountains of Banff in Canada, from K2 on the border between China and Pakistan to Matterhorn in Switzerland, and from Mount Everest on the border between Nepal and Tibet to Table Mountain in South Africa. Besides climbing mountains, I just want to simply live my normal life as usual. I do not really want to change anything even if I only have six months because the happiest life in my mind is my current life. Every day, I can learn something new, converse with my teachers and friends, eat three meals, and smile to my family. Sometimes I will go shopping or travel to somewhere else with my friends if we have time. Buddha says, “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Everybody knows that we should experience our current lives, but how many people truly do that? Once we know we only have a limit of time to live in the world, then the time will go much faster than we think.

1 comment:

  1. You are such a healthy girl, and I more than agree with your last sentence that time will go faster when we know how much time that we left, and let us value the time more.

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