IT’S NOT TOO LATE—IT’S RIGHT ON TIME

Things happen when they’re supposed to happen. I’m convinced that if I could see the big picture of my life—and I do get glimpses at rare moments—I’d know that everything happens for a reason and exactly when it is supposed to happen. More than that, each event is the result of all the other events in my life leading up to it. We all have our past karma, from this and past lifetimes, but also—and this is most important—we influence our karma for better or worse by what we are doing at present. The present is like a filter which our past karma flows through, so if we are doing good at the moment, that helps to make better our bad karma; and vice-versa.

Dealing as much as I have lately with my own mortality, I am very much aware of the importance of living in the moment. More than that, what I am practicing, is following my bliss as closely as I can. When the idea comes to do something, as long as it’s good and won’t harm someone, I try to follow up—to do it as quickly as I can. I’m practicing living like there’s no tomorrow. This might sound a little like a cliché because so many self-help gurus are talking about this stuff—you know, "be here now." But whether or not a lot of people are talking about this stuff is no matter to me. This is what is important to me now and that’s what matters. Recently I heard the thought expressed in a wonderful way: "The future is a mystery, the past is history but now is a gift—which is why it’s called the present."