Today
is the day to stop living for the future. This present moment is all that you
will ever experience, so you must learn to enjoy the present, if you are ever
to enjoy yourself at all.
Too
many people postpone their happiness waiting for some future goal to manifest.
People decide that they will be happy “…when I get a better job”, “…when I meet
the love of my life,” “…when my children are grown,” “…when I retire.” We use
these excuses, and countless others, to allow ourselves to live with less
enjoyment and happiness than we deserve.
Often,
after one goal is accomplished, we immediately create another, so that we are
in a perpetual state of waiting for our lives to become worthy of our enjoyment,
rather than simply enjoying the life we have right this instant. Obviously it
is vital to keep striving towards the betterment of your life, but you must
also be able to enjoy yourself while you are creating a better future.
The
way to do this is to realize that this present moment is all that you will ever
experience. Both the past and the future are abstractions of your mind. The
only intimate, real experience is that of this moment. In this moment lies your
ability to make changes in your life, including the ability to simply enjoy
where you are. If you cannot be happy now, when will you ever be happy?
Fortunately, there is a simple method for enjoying this moment, and the key is
awareness. Simply be fully aware of whatever you are experiencing right now.
Focus your awareness on your senses, and feel the sensual nature of physical
reality. Look around you, really try to see the world, and listen quietly to
any sounds entering your brain. By becoming aware of precisely where you are at
this moment, your brain will shift to a more contemplative, relaxed state, and
joy will naturally replace the discord of anxiety that comes from focussing on
the past or the future. When you
become aware of the eternal now in which you exist, you can begin to feel the power that is available to you in every instant, and this power can be used to immediately work towards the attainment of your goals.
become aware of the eternal now in which you exist, you can begin to feel the power that is available to you in every instant, and this power can be used to immediately work towards the attainment of your goals.
Take
five minutes right now and feel the truth of these words:
I AM FULLY
AWARE OF THIS PRESENT MOMENT. ALL OF MY
SENSES ARE OPEN TO THIS MOMENT, AND I FEEL THE POWER
OF THE ETERNAL NOW FLOWING THROUGH MY LIFE.
SENSES ARE OPEN TO THIS MOMENT, AND I FEEL THE POWER
OF THE ETERNAL NOW FLOWING THROUGH MY LIFE.
TAKE ACTION: Focus your attention on this moment, and imagine that all of
your financial goals are met. How would you feel if this were true in this
instant. Feel these emotions. For five minutes, feel as strongly as you can
that financial independence is yours right now, and bask in the emotions this
brings to you. Enjoy this process. Whatever feelings you think you would have
if your financial goals were met, feel them NOW!
“The treasure house of infinite riches is within
youand all around you. By learning the laws of mind,
you can extract from that infinite storehouse within
you everything you need in order to live life gloriously,
joyously, and abundantly.”
Joseph Murphy
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