Here and now

I have a new mantra.

Here and now.

That's it. Not entirely spiritual or profound but for me right now…it says exactly what I need it to.

I gave the Power of Now a go. I'm a start from the beginning kind of girl…but when a book don't grab me, I'm not much of a middle and end kind of girl. I have a hard time getting into non-fiction…non-narrative non-fiction to be precise. So as much as Tolle has changed many lives…I find myself impatient with his words.

I read enough to know that I do not embrace daily what he was preaching. I live in the past. The future. Not so much the now. What a pity. I'm living my life with my head in the clouds...reaching for something, whether it's in front or behind or just in my head. Never enjoying where I am. What's right here.

Missing out.

Since adopting this mantra, I find myself periodically taking a deep breath and taking inventory of the daily wonders right around me.

That's a start!