'Living for a moment' miserably

17/April/2025 in Tokyo

"Living in the moment" or
"Be present" or
"Focusing on the moment" or
"Now is all we have" or...........

In recent months
these phrases sound "miserable" to my ears


I would not find them "miserable", if
we had other options, like "Living for the future". Or "for the past"

But in this current reality where

everything is so fast
everything is so instant
& everything turns liquid before it can become solid

then, "Living in a moment" is
rather default state
rather only option we can choose

and "Living for the future" became nearly impossible or pure luxury

(............yet, "Living for the past" is still specially reserved for the hopeless romanticists, like you)