“Expand your appreciation of the moment by being in it. All day.”
Expand your appreciation of the moment by being in it.
How many ways are there to stay in present moment? Sometimes an additional trick or two can help … besides using the old standbys of breathing and centering!
One way is to absolutely notice when you are out of time. Not here. There. In the future. In the past. Worrying. Commiserating. Judging. All of which are human moments and certainly, if you want to split hairs on this one, you can be in the present doing all those things. You can feel those feelings and thoughts and the discomfort they bring. Or you can use those moments for self inquiry or to consciously work through those emotions in yourself.
Usually these thought patterns are habitual and have negative impacts on us and take us right out of the moment. I mean, you are here, but not really.
Notice the negative thought and use that moment as a pivot point into right here right now. Then at least you can “appreciate” the moment, detach a bit and dig deep under the thought to see the real message behind it and understand the source of that thought. Again, a complex process, but fun stuff if you like playing in the cosmos of your mind.
So whatever the moment brings …