THE LOVE OF THE PRESENT MOMENT

1. Live in the present
Such an invitation may seem unexpected, if not paradoxical. Presence is perhaps not defined as the period in which are we moving? However, when we think about it, we can attribute little value to the moment we experience? This moment is fragile, insignificant, and not graspable between two immense realities – the past and the future. Man according to his age, temperament, and character inclinations more or less indulge in dreams about the future or with, on the contrary, it deals with the past. Others would like to live a dream life, carry out his plans while his grandfather remembers the past youth.

We do not appreciate the present moment. We accuse her of tearing us from the past, which we are sorry for, or of covering our future. Until it happened, he longed for me alive. As soon as it passes, we want to detain her, and in one thing the moment we have the opportunity to grip it, we forget to give it for the time it is supposed to have, we do not fill it with what it should contain, we will not let the fruits it bears ripen. After all, if he has presence too much to hit us, we hastily fall into the old way of thinking and experiencing time. We do not think about the presence, or very little. This neglect of the present moment is nonsense, a lack, so seriously it deprives us of the unity that some individuals have tried in various ways to prove the need to live in the present.

2. Pagan conception
Already in ancient times, Kyren morality preached pleasure insatiably
longing for pleasure. According to the founder of this morality, Aristides and his pupils need to take advantage of the enjoyment that is offered; for tomorrow I could die now, and it would be a shame to miss this pleasure. Pleasure is also the goal of Epicurean morality (only with which variants in the way to achieve it). Horatius sums up this idea in a famous sentence: Carpe diem (= Enjoy the day). In the Renaissance, this theme again became part of the period thought. De Ronsard put it in a charming poetic verse: Collect the flowers of life, if you believe me, don’t wait for tomorrow. Note that experiencing the present tense is considered enjoyment in the present; I use the time to my advantage as a sequence of moments. More recently, A. Gide professed an open soul to all that the present moment brings to her; Unfortunately, he wanted to benefit from the expansion constantly offered only. All these theories, certainly only pagan, count on enjoyment, but there is some truth in them. After all, already a Roman Seneca, though the pagan himself, he noted that the common mistake is that people do not do what they have to do, or do something wrong then they have done. Let us now look at the Christian concept of the present.

3. Christian conception
When we open the Gospel, we find a statement about how to live in the present moment. Our Lord spoke directly at the end of the Sermon on the Mount: Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will have its worries. He has had enough of his suffering every day (Mt 6:34). Every day is understood here as a time we should not worry about … We can talk about the duty to be carefree. In the prayer of our Father, which our Lord gave us as a model, He is the notion of the present moment is once again applied in the Gospel: Give us this day our daily bread (Matt. 6:11). We ask for our bread every day, and we only need to accumulate as much as we need today. The Church, the bride of Christ, remains true to this idea. Also, in the suffix she attached to the angelic greeting, she emphasizes the word now: pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Moreover, in prayer, Hail the Queen experiences the Church present, a moment par excellence. In a way, this prayer brings us to the moment that will precede our death. Because of me, I will not experience my death. I won’t die, the psalmist says, but I will live (2 \ 118,17).
In the Liturgy of the Hours, there is a different prayer for each time of day: praise is not the same as complete. Also, every holiday is celebrated in one’s spirit. St. Paul also draws attention to the present moment, which we must not escape: I heard you in due season, on the day of salvation, I helped you. Behold, now is the time; Behold now is the day of salvation (2 Cor 6: 2). The saints experienced the present for a moment wonderfully, to the image of God, with whom everything is happening now, and not in the past or future. When he speaks to his son, he says: I have begotten you today (Ps. 2: 7). This is God today in eternal presence. Similarly, Theresa of the Child Jesus said in her time after the last illness: But I see only the present moment, I forget to the past, and I protect myself from thinking about the future.