Many of Laozi words are very useful which can be used to our daily life. He said:
“If you have a sad mood every day, you live in the past.”
“If you worry about your life every day, you live in the future.”
“If you keep a peaceful mind every day, you live at present.”
It is right that most people, due to their hardship in the past, always show their sad mood in their life today. But, if we think deeply, past is past, and every past thing is only a history which is nothing to do with our reality today. The more we think about past, the more we will hurt our health.
Somebody always worries about future. They have no confidence about their future. It is true that we do not know tomorrow. Tomorrow is unknown and mysterious. For things out of our control, we can only leave it to God, but things which we can control should be done by our hard effort today. The more effort we pay today, the more harvest we shall receive tomorrow.
Lastly, if we keep a peaceful life, we live today. Time is gone silently second by second and therefore, we should catch every minute to use it properly for the good of our benefit. We must live on reality and enjoy our life every day and forever.