THE JEALOUSY OF YESTERDAY

Yesterday and today were sitting and talking.

Yesterday said to today;

"I want to be tomorrow," it said. "To adorn dreams, to be the most loved and wanted time. To be remembered with beautiful feelings even if it never comes, to be looked at with hope, to always be in the minds. It must be such a wonderful feeling. Ah, ah! Yet, isn't the existence of this tomorrow even in question, I ask you today. Where is tomorrow? Have you ever seen it? Look, either I am here, or you are here."

It sighed...

"People always remember me badly. As soon as someone thinks of me, they immediately try to escape that thought. Very few people look at me with longing, with happiness. Those feelings last only a short while and turn into sadness or grief because they know I will never come again. I can't make anyone happy," it said.

"Don't be so hard on yourself," said today to yesterday. "Tomorrow isn't remembered that well either, don't worry. There are people who fear it, who worry about it.

There are just as many who don't love it as there are who do, just like you. Keep your heart at ease about it," it said.

Then it continued.

"If you ask me about tomorrow, I agree with you. I've never seen it myself, it has a name but no presence. People are strange. Why fear something that doesn't exist and never comes? I ask you that?"

"Can it be that tomorrow doesn't come?" said yesterday to today. "Look, the tomorrow we talked about yesterday is here now."

"That's impossible, yesterday, be wise. The tomorrow we talked about yesterday has become today. I am now what you call tomorrow! There is no such thing as tomorrow. Understand this, only I am here. But no one understands me. I am the reality, the one that can be seen and felt. But everyone ignores me. You both get all the attention. No one knows the true me, even though I am the only reality, the only peace."

It continued, almost angrily.

"There is no one else but me. Don't take it personally, but you're not here either, just like tomorrow doesn't exist. Both of you are selfish. You kill people to keep yourselves alive. Using emotions, you've tied them to yourself and enslaved them in their minds. They can't escape the chains around their feet and necks because they don't have the courage to break free. But you know the truth, you know it well. Let people go, silence your voice in their minds. No one ever listens to me unless you keep speaking."

Yesterday sighed at today's situation. Finally, it reached tomorrow, which itself was just a dream. Together, they decided to wake people up.

They said, "Let's join hands, be the alarm clock, and enter the minds. Let's give good feelings to today as it should be. Whenever we come to someone's mind, let's give them pain and anxiety. When they feel pain and anxiety in their heart, let's sound the awareness alarm in them. Let the alarm say:

"Attention, attention, you've been disconnected from the present. You've gone into thoughts of the past and the future. Come back to yourself. Focus on something in the present!!!"

The plan worked.

As soon as people entered the world of thoughts, the alarm clock of the mind sounded, warning them with pain and anxiety. They sought refuge in the peace of the present. In the end, they managed to stay in the present.

How?

In the past, when a thought entered their minds, they would believe it and search for a solution, they would dive deeper. When a feeling reached their heart, they would either cling to it or run away. Now, however, they use thoughts and feelings as carriers to the present. Through trial and error, they learned to understand the true purpose of feelings and thoughts.

Thus, today grew stronger, and thanked tomorrow and yesterday. All three merged and became one. Through this reconciliation, people tasted the freedom. Time and space vanished, and only the undescribable "present" remained.

Note: This is a great exercise to learn to stay in the present moment and to stop getting carried away with your thoughts and feelings. As you practice, your being will learn to stay in the present. All your troubles will slowly vanish, and your problems will be solved.

Try it!

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