Truck Driver’s Wisdom: Master the Present Moment

You never really know what you're going to hear from a truck driver. So, I was talking to a truck driver just the other day and I said, "Hey, how's it going?" Pretty standard normal small talk type of question. And he said, "Taking it one day at a time." One day at a time. And I looked at him half jokingly or maybe fully jokingly and I said, "Why don't you try two? Try taking two days at a time." He said, "You know, I wish. If I would take two days at a time, I would choose Tuesday and Wednesday." You know, everybody knows Tuesday and Wednesday, those are like the hardest times of the week because smack in the middle of some day it's this great peak and who knows what's going to It's so far beyond the previous weekend. The next weekend is way off in the distance. At the end of the day, you can't take two days at a time. You really only could take it one day at a time. But Rabbi Nachman teaches us, it's not just about taking one day at a time. You can break up your day into smaller increments. It's only one moment at a time cuz at the end of the day, a person has this moment and this time. The present is the greatest gift. Realize that and maximize it to your best.