Living in the Present Moment

 "Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing....through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away."  Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God: Restoring your Soul by Restoring Your Sabbath

About nine months ago I specifically heard the Lord speak to my heart saying, "Do not envision a future." Those words did not come with hopelessness at all.  For me, He was speaking to my heart about how I used to cope with difficulties in life-that being-always moving out of what ever was difficult or painful in order to "be happy". Yes, that does have benefits and sometimes it is needed because life can just be so very hard. But oh, the things that I was missing even in the painful things such as sadness, or grief, or even anger. I now know that these things are necessary and are part of a healthy life when journeyed through in a healthy way.

Years ago I heard the words: How much time do you spend worrying about the past or the future and what would it be like to stay in the present?  Although I desired to live like that, because I had been that way for most of my life, I couldn't seem to stay in the present.

The last couple of months there has been a shift in me.  For various reasons, I find that I am living more in the present moment than ever.  It is wonderful!!!  Again I will say, it is wonderful!!! The Youtube link that is below has my mind wondering about a lot of things that I have been looking at over the past couple of years, especially living in the present moment.

I hope that you will take 10 minutes to watch this Ted Talk*. Once you have watched it, how will you live differently today in the present moment?

*When Jill Bolte Taylor speaks of energy, nirvana and the spirit, for me, know it is the Lord:)