TED BODRUM COLLEGE / 8-A
Living in the Present
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“ Change”. The most noticeable but unnoticeable, helpful but harmful, the safest but the most dangerous feeling in the world. Do you wonder why? I’ m sure everybody feels it, but tries to hide or just too busy to think about it.
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Our lives are changing so fast, and so are we. What felt familiar yesterday quickly becomes outdated, while time slips through our fingers like sand. As people chase the next new thing, they often struggle to truly experience the moment they are in. They pay tons of money to follow the“ new” and buy them, but the next day, they find another thing to say“ new” and forget about the“ old” one. This continues like a cycle. Modern life makes time feel like it’ s slipping away faster. In addition, it makes people forget the value of slowing down. People become impatient day by day but they can’ t even realize it because they have so many things to do. However, they don’ t have time to ask the question“ Why am I living so fast?” Most of the time, they struggle to live in the present. Unfortunately, the worst part is, they don’ t even want to try it. If people try to slow down once, they will feel alive. But this time, for real. Not with computer games or trends that nobody can keep up with. With their family, friends, nature … In short, they will feel alive with the things that they love and will not change the next day.
The rapid pace of life may be unavoidable, but allowing it to control us is a choice. Instead of constantly chasing what is new, we can learn to recognize the value of the present moment. Perhaps the bravest response to time slipping away is to pause and remember how to truly live.