Is what you have right now the best that there is?

Question

How many days, and hours of each day, we pass thinking and feeling utterly discontent, not being able to give or feel our best, oft time ignoring what we are, and constantly trying to live as a better person a better life only in our imagination?

What could you have been doing, for instance, right now if not what you are doing?

However better alternatives you might have in your mind, are just not there. Of course, you could imagine tens of things instead: a better house, a better companion, a better place, or a pay package, but a little honesty in thinking should be sufficient to reveal that the best is what we have, and whatsoever it may be.

If we just realise that what we have now, or what we are is the best so far, once we familiarise our mind with a notion of personal best, once the doors or pr perception are open in acceptance new possibilities come through allowing us to change and to get even better then it all depends upon the measure with which we regard ourselves.

It seems as if I have answered my own question, I don't know why … but please do participate to share your valuable thoughts, and let me know what is your best right now.

Good point angel, but the very moment that allows to hope for an even better tomorrow wouldn't be the moment to cherish?

Answer 1

We have the freedom to do whatever we want to, but consequences are always there to remind us that some things we should do and some things we should not do. You can go on a plane tomorrow to a country, got no money you can steal it etc. Our ethics and our state of mind play a huge part in how we feel and what we feel we should be doing. Also the demons in our thoughts tell us, your not good enough to do that, hence a constant battle with confidence. Which reverts back to our state of mind.
The truth of the matter is, we are where we should be , with all variables taken in to consideration.
I always think, I want to do this now, i am not happy in my job, but at the same time i give it a go to see how much experience i can gain from the moments. If, after a certain time i feel i want things to change, I change it as positivily as i can.

Answer 2

Indeed, if I don't relate with my full attention and responsibility to the situation in which I'm right now, then I will not be able to respond in the most effective way and I might get stuck and step back to repeat the 'lesson'. If I am convinced that what there is at this moment is the best for me, then I will not waste energy in dreams of having better conditions.
One can go one step further and can be convinced that one will receive every thing one needs out of the abundance source. Then one can make the surprising experience that it works, but it can be spoiled when one wants more...
I can tell about this from my life: When I was about eighteen years old and looking around, observing people in the 'rat race' then I had ask myself about it, as I had serious doubts about the sense what people are doing. Then I heard a very clear voice from inside: "Don't worry, you will have always enough money, so much as it will be good for you..." This voice was so clear, that from then on I trusted what I was told and it worked indeed. That doesn't mean that I didn't work and earn money, but I never did something because of money, only because I wanted to do it. This worked for me for the last fifty years and not only with money, but with every thing. What ever I need, it comes to me, some times within a few days, some times within hours. It is unbelievable and often I am still surprised. There are some challenges in this, but it goes too far to talk about it now...
Yes, what there is, without doubt, is the best which serves me to learn and when I completed the 'lesson' then new situations show up, to which I can relate and respond...
BeiYin

Answer 3

I am at the point in my life, through much personal work, that I accept 'right now' as the best that I have, which I could also say as: being alive. But I don't think this is the best that could be, neither do I think it is bad. It is what it is, and looking at it I see how it might be different or new or creative...

Yet, I see that my unfolding life is one of continuous remaking. I also see that I have a tendency to become complacent and comfortable with the existing structures around me - my comfort zone - and it's in these times of quiet that I start to day dream.

One thing I realize is that I need challenges to help me grow. If things are too easy or routine then after a while it gets boring, and in a way I get stuck in a rut.

I have several challenging problems I'm trying to find solutions for, and one of them has to do with myself and manifesting my vision. I've always been one of those kinds of people with so many ideas and inventions, but then I never follow this through with action and try to do something with it.
I know this is because of my personalities tendency towards 'perfectionism', and thus why I don't try to do more risky things which might be challenging for me, simply because I'm afraid to fail. Perfectionists hate to make
mistakes! So I've had quite the challenge this lifetime...

In summary, I see that 'my mind' is the biggest obstacle that holds me back from accomplishing my dreams and is that which doesn't allow me to go beyond 'what there is right now'.
This is why I continue to question my thoughts, beliefs & concepts and look at what I've created so far by taking a gaze around me. Is this what I really want? Am I doing enough? Might I be able to do things better? etc.

Looking at what is here right now, opens the channel for creative inspiration.

Betsy

Answer 4

While "have" in this question is perhaps necessarily inclusive, I'd prefer--who I am, where I am, & what I feel.
I don't at all relate to your first paragraph. I value every moment, & never waste it. Discontent, ignoring self, trying only in imagination are all denial; self destructive & indicate a "spirit" not in harmony.
I don't travel measuring sticks; comparisons, best or better. Right now is what IS.
What could I, or should I, or would I have been doing if not answering your question? Whatever it is I will do next, or did before. I opened all my windows to a warm November day, enjoyed leaves touched with bright sunlight, contented turtles on the rock in the center of a pea soup green lake, birdsong. I will keep my appointment & with non-judgmental questions, hope to open to vision, someone's dark, discontent.
I subscribe to the last words in your third paragraph. Specifically, "...the best is what we have."
Shall we thrive with the "now" or allow our avarice to stumble over life on an endless path of wants, of "better"?
Perception is the key.

Answer 5

I think what I've got is good in the sense that there are people outside facing far worse. I will admit, though, to feeling like my life is sometimes the pits in areas but overall, I feel better in knowing I've a roof over my head, a chance to move onto higher eductaion and a constant suply of food.
I think that this is what is often neglected when asked such questions.

Answer 6

I think so. I have never felt having more as better as far as material things are concerned. Better for me is is understanding, learning and a sense of well being. making each day count, loving my friends and family to best of my ability. Trying to judge only my actions and not those of others. Having a well balance life and healthy attitude.

Answer 7

If what I have now is the best there is then I may as well give up living.
People need hope and something to look forward to otherwise they'll stagnate.
My life is going to get better.

Answer 8

I think what best for me as of this writing is the best health i could always have. Health is wealth. And i do believe that if we have a good health the life to live continues. To put into thinking that i must enjoy only such pleasures for the preservation of health. To seek only enough money ......as is necessary for the maintenance of my life and health and to comply with such customs as are not opposed to what we seek. That i think plays a major composition in my mind.

Thanks for asking. Have a great day!

Answer 9

you got that right. most of the time i feel discontent and very wanting. i guess it's because i'm envious of what others have that i don't. so i have learned that the most basic theory of discontentment is 'seeing what others have that you don't have'. isn't that what makes people not content with what they have? i do. but a couple of years ago, a friend of mine sent me message, saying something about not predicting what you're gonna be in the future. only what is in present is what is clear to you. she said that maybe i shouldn't think of the future and others, and just think of now, today. and i just realized that i wasn't aware that, at that time, that moment was what i really wanted. i didn't know because i wasn't enjoying it. and then later, i tried pushing myself to the brink of really being best, and then it wasnt' really enough. i fell in a somewhat depressed state and just blanked out. i broke from that spell and thought that i must have been crazy. i loved this moment, why ruin it for something illusioned? . . so yeah, for now, i have the best. the best time of my life and i'm living it until something better comes along. and then i shift my gears. if i wasn't doing what i'm doing right now, i might have been a pregnant teenie dropped out of high school because of peer pressure, or just a bum depending on my parent's money. no. i avoided bad teen stuff (drugs, porn, sex, all that jazz), and i worked hard (whew! real hard) and now i'm really proud of myself. i'm a dean's lister wothout any bragging and i still am working hard to be the best professional there is, but not without pausing for while to enjoy and appreciate my life's beauty. =) god bless.

Answer 10

i have my health and thats the most important thing,because once im ok my children will be too,i just take each day as it comes,i try not to expect too much in life but when something nice happens im thankfull to god for it,people should be gratefull for every little thing they have in life no matter how small it is,because i feel so humble when i look at the homeless and sick people in the world and i cant imagine what their life might be like...so i have to say im thankfull for my life and people who complain should open their eyes up and look at the less fortunate around us,then you will know how lucky u are......life is so short,enjoy it because tomorrow might never come...take care..XXX