Time Wasted and Lessons Learned

I don't know why I never realized it before. But I have wasted so much of my life. Desire can cause us to miss so much. Living but not appreciating the now. This was an important lesson that I recently learned, and am going to work towards incorporating into my life. I have had so many opportunities to be happy, but have not taken advantage of them because I have been preoccupied with getting something else that I want instead of appreciating the experience that I am having at the moment. We can learn so much from every person we meet if we take the time to do so. I suppose it is the classic grass is always greener on the other side concept. If you are always worried about what else you could be doing or who else you could be talking to, you miss out on the people and places of the now. It's not going to be an easy habit to break, but I am going to try to appreciate the now and not worry about the what else.

Goon Yam (Guanyin) - the face of compassion