People no longer think if today but only think of tomorrow because it is a major priority of every human
So long as you alive
It's the opposite that I know of from the community that I'm living in. They think that we only live once and that's why they enjoy the things that they can enjoy today through pleasures and never think of what's about to happen by tomorrow. They never think about their future and that's why the most important thing to them is present which is actually true but their approach and way of demonstrating it is in the wrong ways.
Yeah, we only live once and that's why we need to prepare and be better with the future that's heading to once because we'll never know if the same ways of living will still be in the future or we can still enjoy by that time or we'll face a lot of troubles and problems because of our ignorance today in saving, investing and preparation.
Agreed and sad to see so many people misinterpret or try to distort the real meaning of it. I have no idea if there is any correlation between being rich and planning for the future but most rich people in my big family are very frugal and they always plan for the future. They don't complain about "live in the present", "enjoy the moment" because they all have clear goal of what kind of life they are envisioning and how to get it. On the contrary, the less fortunate people who barely make ends meet tend to spend most spare money on leisure and keep saying "we only live once". I used to explain the meaning to them but not any more. It's just impossible. We only live the way we choose.
That's how they interpret the meaning of living once but doing the wrong things. Someday, they'll come to realize the true meaning of it when they'll get to remember those things that they've done and will start to have that thought that regret that they should have done better instead of those activities that haven't been productive to them. Although they can also justify it that the memories that they've made with those activities and people that they've been with can be treasured, yeah, we're there but dealing with the reality sucks and will make them realize everything is just passing by as a memory and I agree with you that we get to choose the type of living we want and the memories we want to treasure.
Most times people tend to complicate life with alot of expectations to meet and at some point, I get to tell people to accept life the way it comes and try to live the life to the fullest and also live everyday like it's the last and basically there are cases of people who seem there isn't any future for them but at the end, we see them doing very well in the future and there are those who look very promising with bright futures but end up living a worthless life.
For those who are christians, you'll agree with me that there is a saying in the Holy book that "
I KNOW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING. and there is also another saying in the Bible "
I KNOW YOU EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE FORMED IN YOUR MOTHERS WOMB. going with this saying, you'll understand that everything has been predestined and there are people who no matter how hard they try to make it in life, nothing seems to be fruitful not because they're not hard working but because they're destined not to be fruitful.
There are people that also live very reckless and careless live but still end up doing very well in future.
No one wants to be poor but even with planning, there are people who still can't have a satisfying life.