The most effective way to get to enjoy true happiness and inner peace in the future is to build the habit of...

[Cheryl Erickson]

I agree that focusing on happiness and peace in the present will lead to a happy and peaceful future. I spent too much time thinking about regrets of the past, or life during the good old days. I also worried about the future. When I intentionally focused on the present, I felt happier and more peaceful. It really makes good sense and I am doing my best to stay in the present. It has truly made a big difference in my life.

[ReviewsByChristine]

Focusing on happiness and peace in the present sounds great, and most likely is the key to happiness and a peaceful future. It just isn't a skill I have managed to master, this being present. Yoga and mediation just seem to give the hamster in my head even more time to run on his little wheel ...

[Jack King 2]

The most effective way to get to enjoy true happiness and inner peace in the future is to build the habit of having inner peace and happiness in the present, right here right now.

The vice versa is also true: sacrificing inner peace now for the sake of the imagined future tends to lead to an unhappy future too.

You are always in the present, meaning the here and now. It is only ever here and it is only ever now. Thus, if you build a habit of valuing the future over the now, and thereby choose to lack inner peace in the now, you always lack the happiness of inner peace because you always be in the now.

Very profound and I would agree as well. There is no time like the present after all, the more we practice this in the moment the quicker it becoming second nature.

[Hazel Mae Bagarinao]

You are always in the present, meaning the here and now. It is only ever here and it is only ever now. Thus, if you build a habit of valuing the future over the now, and thereby choose to lack inner peace in the now, you always lack the happiness of inner peace because you always be in the now.

That means living in the present. Enjoy the present. Be mindfully present. Time will not come back, so live life fully in the here and now.

[Chris Alex Powell]

I believe focusing on the future while refusing to bask in the happiness available now takes away any slight chance we may have of having happiness in the future. We should plan for the future, yes. But to be happy, we should be grateful for the things we have in the present. Overthinking also takes away peace. Therefore we should sometimes take our time to focus on those things in the present that bring us peace.

[Jack King 2]

I believe focusing on the future while refusing to bask in the happiness available now takes away any slight chance we may have of having happiness in the future. We should plan for the future, yes. But to be happy, we should be grateful for the things we have in the present. Overthinking also takes away peace. Therefore we should sometimes take our time to focus on those things in the present that bring us peace.

Balance is definitely key, some attention does need to be paid to planning for the future but without letting it consume you and dominate being in the moment.

[Sugar Rush]

Most times we are lost in what I would refer to as an endless pursuit of the future that we fail miserably to pay half of the attention to the now, the present. I am learning to practice this. If you can't be happy in the now you may not be happy in the future because the concept of the future leads us to the present too.

[José Cortez]

Inner peace is important. I generally do not blame people who spend time worrying about the future. However, sacrificing our peace in the present would ensure that we don't experience happiness at all. This happens to me when I spend so much time wondering how to deal with future problems that I forget to deal with what I have, and everything is left unfinished.

[Tosin-Le]

For me, the most important way to enjoy true happiness and peace in the future is to have the habit of loving oneself. You have to validate yourself first without seeking external validation to keep you happy.

[Salah bourouba]

I do agree that being happy right now. And not worrying about a future that you don't even know ur going to have is best. However the fact that having inner peace right now does not ensure having inner peace in the future it's all about acceptance. Forgiveness and having faith in allah for me.

[Covenant Olusegun]

I agree with you on this: when we put our present happiness first, we get true happiness. We do not need to procrastinate happiness or say we'll be happy later; we need to be happy now.

[ahassan_96]

I think it is better to build inner peace in the now as it builds a cohesive habit of building something greater in the present. This helps us create a reality worth envisioning, thus creating an environment suitable enough to exist in.