To me, Future Anton exists, and he depends on Present Anton to make his life a little easier. Future me can’t be the best I can be without my present making the right choices.
Sometimes when I’m rested, fed, around great company and beautiful surroundings, I picture my future self in my mind’s eye. It’s hard to reproduce that beautiful feeling but its worth the effort because that vision stays with me. And as I go about my daily business, my intention is to bring that future self into existence. I don’t believe in fate, at least the kind we humans can hope to ever comprehend. What I do believe is every passing moment, our life
presents infinite possibilities to change, and so the future possibilities can also vary accordingly.
“Failures and struggles in your life pave the way for your joys and successes yet to come. You might not like how it feels when you are going through those things—you might even hate it like I did—and it might take years to realize why something happened to you or what benefit you got from it. But, trust me, during those dark and lonely times, you forge the tools you need to build your future success.”
- Chris Patrick.
The truth is, we need to be intentional about what we do, or we will find ourselves leaving each day to chance, letting circumstances dictate our actions and then our results.
I know most of us don’t take seriously the power we humans have to create the world in our own image. Everything we experience in our day to day came from the mind of man. That's why without vision, we perish, and I don’t want you to look back with regrets, so ask yourself this:
Five years from today, what will the older, wiser you wish, the younger you had done?
Caste your eyes to the horizon but start doing what you can do today to get the outcome you desire in the future.
Your Future You is a journey, not a destination, and as long as you can do something today to help yourself fulfil your future aspirations, then you’re on the right path. So keep stepping.
