focus on the present

Who and what is Buddha? Buddha means the awakened one; Buddha is "someone who has realized the enlightenment that ends the cycle of birth and death and which brings liberation from suffering". There are many Buddha's from different cultures, but one Buddha from the Chinese folklore in the 10th century said "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. " The Buddha is explaining that you shouldn't  dwell on the future and don't fascinate about the future, focus on the present;what you did in the past and what you do in the future all accommodates into who you are and what you do in the future


So i know that many people dwell on their past-even myself- and it really sucks.Its like living in the past,constantly thinking about the past and the mistakes or achievements you've made. People shouldn't think about their past, is the past-and yes, people have made mistakes but we all learn from them. The past makes up who we are now.

So tell me do you dream about your future?I'm sure people dream about their future,but there's really no point. You won't achieve your dreams if you just merely dream and don't take action. Take actions to achieve your dreams;chase your dreams.  Focus on what you're doing now,these actions you're committing now depend on your future.Focus on the present,that's all that's needed.Put your mind into it and focus on your life in the present,because later in life you will realize what mistakes or achievements you've made. Your mind revolves around the past and the future but forget it-it doesn't matter-all you need to do is focus on the aspect of life in the present.


So stop dreaming because you aren't getting nowhere day dreaming,take actions and make your dreams into reality.!(:

In this bright future you can't forget your past. Bob Marley

Bob Marley once said "In this bright future you can't forget your past." What this means is that you can be very happy with your life at one point but your past will always come back to you. You will always remember your past,it will remain within you. No matter how had you try to reject your past, it will  always come back;even if it's negative memory it will afflict you.

I personally think that it really sucks when i remember bad memories, it just brings the emotion and feelings back-it makes me emotional.I'm not stating that I'm an emotional person,its just that these memories are able to affect you and me.Memories are able to affect everyone. I don't like that because usually I'm having a good day and something just reminds of a certain negative situation and it just brings me down. Don't you have any days like that?I try very hard to forget about negative memories but they always end up coming back;we can't erase memories that are deeply within us.


There is also the aspect when i realize that these bad memories taught me better, i realize what i had committed and prevents me from going through those situations again. It teaches us to do better and not commit what we had done before. We realize the mistakes we did and try to move on but sometimes we don't succeed. These memories will stick to us if they really affect us. There are some minor memories that you don't remember at all but the ones that affect you, you remember the most of all.You see these memories not only hurt us emotionally but they accommodate us at the same time.

The past is the past,you can't go back and fix it;its just the way it is.The past is made to learn from your mistakes,there's a reason for it all. But what i don't understand is why do we have to be reminded of a negative memory when were having a good day?Like that just ruins the good vibe.I guess its just a phase when were having a good day,it only lasts awhile because later on it'll just fall apart,then your good day is ruined.It sort of goes back and forth,one day your have an amazing day while the next day you wake up feeling great but it leads to a bad day. But i guess things just happen for a reason...It sucks but that's life.

John Lennon was  was an English musician and singer/songwriter who rose to  fame as one of the members of The Beatles, one of the most successful acts in the history of popular music. John Lennon  once said  “Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.” , this quote is basically saying he wants to bring the people altogether as one and bring peace but it's just merely dream.

He is expressing the idea of peace throughout the world. He has this dream of where there is a world without wars,problems,controversies and etc. His has this vision/image in his head visualizing all the people in the world coming together and joining together as one and spreading peace.

He was an individual that wanted to bring peace to the world but his not the only one,there are others who want the same.Peace,joy and tranquility to run through the world. Lots of people want a peace movement throughout the world, those people tell the government to stop fighting in Iraq and stop taking soldiers to Iraq. But there are others who actually enforce war. So it's difficult to balance out these opinions of people. It isn't easy to bring such an enormous group of people to peace and tranquility. Everyone has an opinion and that's what disrupts the world. Everyone has a say in what is being done in the world.  

So those people who dreamed of having a world where peace is carried throughout the world,they can only dream of a world like that. Because every now and then there is some kind of problem, there can never be a time where the world was at peace. The world is constantly having war and political controversies and eventually it leads to the people an their actions lead to the start of protests,riots an boycotts. For example people want to make gay marriage legal in California but some people don't want that law to pass. The people who don't want that law to pass need to think about the majority of the people in the world are "coming out of the closet". And nowadays people are accepting it because its seen and heard of so often. The people just need to agree and understand each other but they're so stubborn and so they don't think about it thoroughly. Seriously though it would be amazing if the world was ever at peace,it could take a life time for that day to come. All we can do is dream..