One of the things my father used to say, is “There’s no time like the present.”  This, coming from the most “in the moment” person I have yet to meet, is profound.  There is so much power in that simple statement.  But, saying it and doing something about it are two different things.

Enter me, a timid, shy and somewhat fearful young girl.  I couldn’t wrap my head around such a concept, until I was older.  I just marveled at his cheerful confidence. It took time for me to own that statement.

Now, I regularly think about how important it is to think this way.  For if we think we have lots of time to decide to do things, we may run out of it in terms of the ability to accomplish them later on.  For Dad, this was just a fact, and he said it in a matter-of-fact way.  Not so, for me.

I still overthink things and delay doing them.  But, I am trying to change those habits. It helps if I see his face in my mind, urging me to go ahead.  He is no longer here to do it in person.

Consider the alternative.  Not doing something that you want to do, when the opportunity presents itself, could be your last chance.  If that happens, you or I will have no one to blame, but ourselves.

Now, how to change the outcome, begins with an attitude change.  We can decide to “live in the moment.” Then, if you or I falter, we can choose to decide again.  Sooner or later, this decision will become fact, unless we continue to change our minds.

After all is said and done, our moments here pass all too quickly.  There is no other time like the present one we are living in.  And that time is called now.  We just need to  remember, that in every moment the choice is always ours to do with as we will.  And one can always change one’s mind.