Why Humans find it so hard to live in the now.

Personally I feel so grateful at night time when I am in bed and its raining but I have a roof and blankets.With this fast paced uncertain world we all forget these little things and forget to be in the space and time we are in with appreciation of what we have.

The reasons behind our lack living in the moment and living life for life even in everyday situations steam form human traits that differ us from other animals.

It is uncertainty in life that stops us from living in the moment and embracing the stage we are in in life.Instead we push and push to get too the next stage, assuming this will be better.

One of the downsides of the mostly awesome phenomenon of human consciousness is the ability to worry about the future. We know the future exists, but we don’t know what’s going to happen in it. “In other animals, unpredictability or uncertainty can lead to heightened vigilance, but I think what’s unique about humans is the ability to reflect on the fact that these future events are unknown or unpredictable,” says Dan Grupe, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds. “Uncertainty itself can lead to a lot of distress for humans in particular.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/how-uncertainty-fuels-anxiety/388066/