Years are made out of months, months are made out of days, days are made out of hours, hours are made out of minutes, and minutes are made out of seconds. Moments are made out of an equation of all stated above, but the present moment is made out of the present moment. 

There is no equation, no subtraction, no adding, nothing. The present moment is the present moment. That is it!

You only have the present moment once and it will never come back. It will never repeat itself in the same form. Never! The present moment is this moment while you read this article. The present moment does not exist in the past, or the future. This precious irreplaceable present moment creates your life NOW. This now fills your existence. This present moment is by your side every moment except that you "ignore it" most of the time, and you always wish to be somewhere else. We always choose to be elsewhere because we are afraid to live in the present moment.

We are "afraid" of it because we all know that deep down inside that living in the present moment could break our mental barriers, and we will not feel safe. We always try to run away from the present moment, only to live a life that is not ours, an absent life. We are always running for a life we imagine most of the time, most of our days, most of our lives.

Living the present moment is the moment when you truly feel alive, the moment where you might find yourself with teardrops in your eyes just because you feel that your heart is beating so hard that it's nearly jumping out of your chest. You are so afraid that you might lose it. Everything that you feel seems so unreal and you cannot believe what you are experiencing.

Have you ever tried to feel the present moment as it is and never tried to change it? How did you find yourself in that situation? I am sure that most of us forget how to do it.

When we were little, we used to live all of the time in the present moment as it came. We were beyond excited about our play, about every new encountered experience. I am sure you can remember even today how it felt when you tried for the first time to bike or wanted to climb a hill. Every time you fully experienced the present moment, you learned something new about yourself. You were there, present connected with yourself and you stayed focused.

You burst out with joy and excitement and just lived it fully. You were never concerned about the time passing. You wanted to keep on going and living the present moment to its core. You were overwhelmed every time you reached that pure happiness and touched that great courage. Every little thing from your environment became distant because you were too concentrated and absorbed in all you were doing.

When we live in the present moment, we allow ourselves to breathe, to be, to exist. We even feel most of the time our heartbeat and our pulse because everything in our body moves. Every part of ourselves is in action. We feel every sensation, see every detail, and love it.

We love it so much because the present moment ignites our souls. When we live in the present moment, we are connected with ourselves and with everything around us. We feel alive and we love it. 

We would be distracted if we would like to start doing something new today and learn more about that new thing. Why do you think? Because our minds would wander and would always find something to think of rather than living in the present moment.

Going out in nature and focusing on our environment invites our inner being to hear the sound of the wind, smell the fresh air and become one with all that surrounds us. Living in the present moment in nature makes us wish to lie down on the grass and look up.

When we are living in the present moment, we wish to stay there for as long as possible because all that we experience makes us
happy and alive. Living life through the lenses of the present moment means that we are attracted by "the now" that brings joy, reassurance that all is well and that we do not have to think of tomorrow or any other moment from the past or the future. Enjoying the present moment will stay in your being forever. Living in the present moment completely builds strong memories that will accompany us throughout our lives.

There is no past and future when you live in the present moment. The present moment is this very moment where you fill your lungs with air and feel alive. All that matters is now! When you become one with the present moment, you feel like every part of your body is fully alive. As Emmet Fox said: "The art of life is to live in the present moment." We all wish to live the best life do we not? Let's shift our mindset and live in the present moment to explore the art of life more. 

When you focus on now, you are absorbed, by it and live your life now. You are alive now, you breathe now, you see now, you feel now, you touch now, you read now. Focus on the present moment, and when your mind tries to speed up, try to tell it: "Stay still, just be right here with me, let’s live the best life now! "

All that we have is the present moment. The past has gone and the future is not here yet, so live your present moment with every breath that you take and feel what means to be human.