Live in the Now!

As we become adults, many of us learn the art of thinking about and worrying about several things at once. We can allow past problems and future concerns to crowd into our present such that we become miserable and ineffective.
We also learn to postpone our pleasures and happiness, often developing a notion that sometime in the future everything will be much better than it is now.
The high school student thinks, "When I'm out of this school and don't have to do what I'm told, then everything will be great!" He leaves school and suddenly recognises that he won't be happy till he leaves home.
He leaves home and starts Uni and soon decides, " When I've got my degree, then I'll be really happy!" Eventually he gets his degree at which time he realizes he can't be happy until he finds a job.
He gets his job and has to start at the bottom of the heap. You guessed it. He can't be happy yet. As the years roll by he postpones his happiness and peace of mind until he gets engaged, gets married, starts buying a home, gets a better job, starts a family,gets the kids in school, owns his home, gets the kids out of school, retires....and he drops dead before he allows himself to be blissfully happy. All his present moments were spent planning for a wonderful future.
We decide to be happy on the journey, not just when we reach our destination.

(From "Being Happy")