Being Peace

Being Peace Seminar Reflection

Part: 1

Present: what does it mean to live in the present moment? Do you live in the present moment?

For me living in the present moment means to be in the now. To not live in the past and to not fantasize into the future. Living in the present if the time for me to live my life. To make decisions on what I want to accomplish now. I won’t say that I haven’t lived in the past by wishing I could do something that I did in the past differently because I have, but now I realize that living in the past is just taking away from the things I could be changing right now. Buddha once said “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly” and I think he is right. Living in the future is almost as bad as living in the past. If a person lives in the future they also miss what is happening in the present. I think it is ok to make plans for the future like deciding what college you want to go to, or what you are going to get someone for Christmas. But there is a point where you have to stop. You can look for a college and be excited about it but there are steps you have to take like getting a good score on your SATs and you have to get good grades. I think if you just focus on what wall paper to put in your dorm room or what parties you are going to instead of going to school and getting into that college then you are not living your life in the present. You are living life in a dream.

I think that I am living in the present but I also am not. I don’t think it would be easy for me to live in the present. I am to full of dreams and I personally love to live in the future. In a way I am afraid that if I live in the present my life wouldn’t be as fun. I am a carefree person and I love adventure. I want to go to Korea for a long time in two years and I spend most of every day or the free time that I have leaning about Korea’s culture and language. I do regret things that I have done in the past and sometimes I do catch myself living in the past. But that is who I am and that is the present for me.

Being Peace Seminar Reflection

Part: 2

I decided to create my own poem about non-violence J it was created while I was taking a bath J

Instead of knives and guns,

I used hearts and flowers,

Instead of drugs and pills,

I used Meditation,

Instead of fists and kicks,

I used my words,

Instead of living in the past with regret,

I live in the present with a smile,

And instead of running away from everything,

I decided to breathe.