In The Moment

If you’re a chronic planner, it almost seems inconceivable that the reality plays out better than your plans. But from time to time, life will surprise you.

The hardest thing to do in the moment is to live in the moment. I think about the advice given to new meditators. Feel your body against the surface of the ground. It’s a shortcut to presence. Grounding yourself in the inputs that you’re feeling at the moment is the experience.

Recognizing a moment while you’re still in it is truly a gift. You effectively have a time machine that is sending information back to your present self. Future you will look back to this moment with intense feelings of nostalgia.

Wrap yourself in the blanket of gratitude, happiness, and joy. Feel it’s warmth for everything that it’s worth. These feelings are fleeting and few and far between.