be present in the moment

not stuck in waiting, waiting for the next big thing. How to do this?

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I’m aCreative Spiritual Self-Knower

I have mastered the art of not focusing on the past and allowing that to hinder me. BUT, I have not learned how to keep the future in perspective. I am a goal oriented person and I tend to freak out about where Im going to be in five years and how IM going to get there and the like… so, here’s to focusing on this moment and doing the best in this day so that tomorrow will not be such a worry. Its about baby steps. And I tend to try and take leaps and bounds!

I think Im going to buy Eckhart Tolle’s book today:)

I’m always yearning for more. Gotta just be happy with what you got! It’s the secret to happiness in my opinion. :)

Being present in the moment is so much different than the alternative!

And anytime but now.

My thoughts, focus, and energy are all consumed with what was, will be or would be. I play out scenarios in my head. I mentally live in those hypothetical situations. I remember, I worry, I regret, and I experience over and over all those moments except the only which which I can control…
The present moment.

In some classes, I hardly get 20% out of what’s being said because my mind is jumping from one place to another, anywhere but the lecture hall. If I actively listen and process the information in my head, I will save myself the long time I spend just getting to know the material.

This is a new year’s resolution (although I told myself I wouldn’t make those anymore- always unrealistic and self-deceptive): Experiencing now. Living it fully with my body and mind.

Starting not tomorrow, but right away!

requires you to face some uncomfortable feelings. Today is one of those days. LOW,LOW,LOW…. that is how i feel. I need to just be in my bed…away from the world. Thankfully, I am at work with just a sweet little two year old cleaning away at the house and downloading itunes. Things could most definatley be worse in that dept. Regardless, I still have these aching feelings inside of me. I have spent the last 5 plus years taking care of people and neglecting myself. Slowly I am learning to love and respect myself as well but its still a process. So being in the moment right now is staring at the blinding fact that I’m very afraid…very very afraid. Uncertainty is not my friend but I need to learn to deal with it.

... with two friends from work. It’s been more than a month. Can’t say I had one of those “meditation moments” of transcendence or anything, but I said a lot of prayers for family and friends (including some on 43T who have recently experienced loss or are in that process). And that felt good.

So last night I’m watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and the #1 story is that Paris Hilton was seen carrying copies of the Bible and “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle.

I was floored. Paris Hilton, or at least the public image of Paris Hilton, represents just about everything that is wrong with our American society. Yet here she is, carrying – and maybe even reading – one of the most important books I’ve ever read.

Oh, and she also had the Bible. I say that tongue-in-cheek because I haven’t read the whole Bible. Maybe not even one quarter of it. We Catholics aren’t so big on bible study.

Paris, for those who don’t pay attention to these things, is facing a jail term in coming months for some kind of driving infraction in California. Maybe her publicists are simply using God and Eckhart Tolle to make Paris seem somehow repentant and spiritual, in hopes of reducing her sentence.

Whether or not Paris goes to jail, I hope she reads “The Power of Now” and gets something out of it. If I were going to jail, I’d sure want it with me.