It's not the easiest thing to do, but you really do have to slow down and take some time to really be "here."
You can spend a lifetime living in the past or the future. You can spend a lifetime trying to live in places that don't actually exist.
Well you can't go back to the past and change it and if you start rowing towards this island of "where it all turns out" you're never going to get there.
That doesn't mean that people don't try to live in the future. That doesn't mean that people don't try to skip out of the storm that's their life right now and avoid everything they know they need to fix.
The only time you have is now and the only place you can ever go...is right here. You are this moment. That might sound hippy dippy but it's actually the truth. It's as true as true gets.
When you actually let go of the past and the future and show up right now, you give yourself access to something incredible. You give yourself the opportunity to "live" for the first time in a time and place that has access to all sorts of mysteries.
That power comes from presence...you've actually showed up as the hero in your life instead of trying to avoid being someone else or "being someone in the future." You get to be yourself for once. You get to live in honest moments.
What happens when you start avoiding life? Tragedy.
Well, you make the decision to continuously live a life where it's all on fire and you are trying to juggle 20 things at once with the capacity to juggle 11, seeking and grasping at things that will never make you happy...and make it to the middle of your life... old...broken down, full of resentment and miserable because you've been chasing shadows your whole life.
That's 100% your choice completely.
Not gonna do that.
Decide to live in the present, to head straight into life, and to take the challenges that come your way.
You can spend a lifetime living in the past or the future. You can spend a lifetime trying to live in places that don't actually exist.
Well you can't go back to the past and change it and if you start rowing towards this island of "where it all turns out" you're never going to get there.
That doesn't mean that people don't try to live in the future. That doesn't mean that people don't try to skip out of the storm that's their life right now and avoid everything they know they need to fix.
The only time you have is now and the only place you can ever go...is right here. You are this moment. That might sound hippy dippy but it's actually the truth. It's as true as true gets.
When you actually let go of the past and the future and show up right now, you give yourself access to something incredible. You give yourself the opportunity to "live" for the first time in a time and place that has access to all sorts of mysteries.
That power comes from presence...you've actually showed up as the hero in your life instead of trying to avoid being someone else or "being someone in the future." You get to be yourself for once. You get to live in honest moments.
What happens when you start avoiding life? Tragedy.
Well, you make the decision to continuously live a life where it's all on fire and you are trying to juggle 20 things at once with the capacity to juggle 11, seeking and grasping at things that will never make you happy...and make it to the middle of your life... old...broken down, full of resentment and miserable because you've been chasing shadows your whole life.
That's 100% your choice completely.
Not gonna do that.
Decide to live in the present, to head straight into life, and to take the challenges that come your way.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Quotes On Change http://thewordsofencouragement.com/quotes-on-change/ or these Encouraging Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/encouraging-quotes/ to get some motivation to move forward!
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