Live for Today, Dream for Tomorrow (Anberlin- Timecon)
So I heard these lyrics and had a thought so I just wanted to throw it out there and see what anyone thinks.
How does one follow this statement? Is it not our dreams that fuel us to move forward? Constantly thinking of the next thing or what is to come next. What does it mean to live for today? Reflecting on what occurs day to day is living in the past. Enjoy the moment, engage fully in the interaction, make someone happy, and smile at everyone. It is like that commercial where one person’s good deeds cause a chain reaction of good deeds. Make your life worth something. Get out of the routine of day to day schedules, reactions and thoughts. Make a mundane task into something that you will never forget. I believe the measure of living for today is by how memorable your past is. It is that reflection that shows you how you have lived your life. Not that God cares about your past, today is the now let’s start the day and each day with that dream so that we can create a beautiful picture of the past.
One's past is like a light. You don't see it, you see what it illuminates. (stolen from Merleau -Ponty) The past gives us meaning and understanding, the future gives us purpose. By living meaningful today, we will be able to illuminate our future purpose.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, So the past provides us with the experience or light to move forward into our purposeful future. Without the meaningful living of today we will miss or not shine the light for our future. Very interesting and poignant.
ReplyDeletevery well summarized. There is a lot more to it than I understand, but it matters not for what we get from it is of equal importance. :)
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