Labeling

Have you ever notice that we label everything? 

Nothing gets to just “be” in our sociality because of labeling!   We label people, things, events, good, bad, right, wrong, young, old and we even label our days!

Monday-what does that label about today say to you?  How does your perception about how this day is going to be different because of the “Monday” label?  How many of you got up this morning and said, “I hate Mondays” or rolled out of bed with an attitude already formed around today?

What if we took all the labels off of the people, events and days in our life and just lived in the present moment of what is NOW?

In the NOW there is no need for a title, a judgement, a painbody or a feeling about a label.  There is no label!  Only in the present moment can something just “be.” 

Something to think about as you go through your day today.  When an usual feeling comes up around an usual label you have the opportunity to see it differently and to stay present to each moment of the day despite its label. 

Make it the best unlabeled “Monday” that you have ever had!

Staying in the Now!

It is so easy to become distracted with the many different things that we have going on in our lives.   One of the most important things you can do each day to re-center is just to become present in the gift of the moment.  Not in the past, not in the future. 

The present, make it your gift to yourself today.  

Giving up the struggle

Life presents problems because we fight it, we don’t accept what-is in the present moment.  We want to become something other than what we are.  We want something other than what we now have. – Ramesh Balsekar

And we are always looking outside of ourselves, never inside.  With this moment, right now, what needs to be different?

Just something to ponder today!

Being Present

Interesting thing happened this past weekend.  I woke up Saturday morning feeling like I had been hit by a car! 

No wonder!  Friday morning , driving Anna to school, we were in the turn lane stopped and a young lady coming up from behind us didn’t stop.  Fortunately none of us were  hurt more than some strain necks, sore muscle and a couple of bruises.

A wonderful opportunity came from that experience Friday morning.  A reminder to be “present” to each moment.  Our lives can change in a second! 

We spent so much time in the past or the future that we are missing the moment of  NOW.   The Young lady in the other car was not present and even after the accident, her focus became about her car being totaled.  Something already in the past!  It became a great opportunity to share with her the gift of  HER presences, of  HER being alive,  something so much more valuable then any material thing that she will ever have.  We all received that bump to remind us,  nothing  matters more. 

My mom gave me a bracelet once that says, “Nothing matters more than this day”.   I want to take that one step further to, “Nothing matter more then this moment”.  We aren’t always given days, just present  moments!

Remember the “present”,   It is a gift!

Enjoy your “present” this day!  Happy Monday!