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Being Present in the Moment

Where are you right now?

Where is your brain wandering?

Is it fast in the past?

Is it arguing internally with someone who didn’t follow the “instruction book” that we had in mind for them?

Is it catastrophizing because of imaginary worries about things that are totally out of our control?

 

 

Friend, we have JUST HERE and NOW.

 

I have the keyboard on the pink-golden MacBook, my husband asleep next to me, and my rescued naked cat at my feet.

 

Here. Now.

 

Don’t choose to argue with the reality.

 

The more we argue, the more we suffer.

 

When loved ones are suffering, it’s harder to not get trapped in the instruction book that we wrote in our minds for them.

 

“The pet owner should have called to the ER on Friday”

“Dad should have told me he was in the hospital!”

“Mom should not choose to meet her friends and get COVID.”

“My friend should have fought more against cancer.”

“Dad should drink more water.”

“They should have noticed the dog was soooo sick!”

 

And the more we argue, the more we miss on our lives.

 

We can extend this arguing at everything.

Let’s say you are in pain.

You have a pain killer that is a huge tablet.

You are nauseated by the idea of swallowing that tablet.

Just seeing the tablet makes your stomach crunch in a knot.

 

Choosing to fight the reality of your diagnosis and the need for the pain killer will not make the pain go away. It will, probably, affect your relationships with yourself and the ones around you.

 

The situation is SIMPLE.

Choose the pain or choose nausea.

The more you argue with their existence, the more of both of them you create.

Take the pill. Threw-up if you feel like it. 🤢🤮

Try it again.

 

Or choose the pain and don’t fight it if the nausea is unbearable.

 

The more present we are, the more we live.

Despite pandemics.

Despite diagnosis.

Despite unexpected accidents that take loved ones away from us abruptly.

 

Where are you now?

 

What are you feeling?

 

What are you thinking?

 

Is it kind? Or is it righteous?

 

I am currently slightly uncomfortable in my back because my cat moved and she sits half on my chest and half on my lap, almost on top of my keyboards.

 

I choose to be present and not shift my body because the cat is comfortable. 🤫😂 (#crazycatlady)😻😹

 

What’s one thing that you can do this week to stay more present and to stop arguing with your reality?

 

Breathe.

 

Ground yourself.

 

Repeat.

 

Where are you now?

 

What are you feeling?

 

What are you thinking?

 

Is it kind, or is it righteous?

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