Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Going Beyond Enslavement, Living in the Now

Your lifetime in form is to be honored and celebrated. Go beyond your enslavement and live fully in the now, the only time you have.
- Wayne Dyer, Staying on the Path

Well... these are definitely words I need to hear today!

How much time have I wasted living in the past, wishing things were different, wallowing in 'poor me' or just living unconsciously, going through the motions, not really engaged in what I was doing or in the people around me?

Way too much!

In Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now, he reminds us that we are not bound by our "life situation" and that in the moment that is right NOW, we have the power to either change it, or let it go.

In any given moment of upset, he suggests that we ask ourselves this question:

Can I do something about this right now?

If the answer is yes, then go do it! If the answer is no, then let it go and put it out of your thoughts.

As long as our thoughts are pre-occupied or consumed by troubles, dislikes or uncertainties around our life situation, we are enslaved. And in this enslavement, we cannot fully honor and celebrate the now moments of our life.... which are all we really have.

This moment, this "now" is where life is happening. If we miss it... it's gone.

Here's to continuing the Journey... staying on the path and learning to be fully present in each "now."

-Becky

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