Life happens in the present. The wave of life curls up, inviting you to connect, to catch the wave and ride it. A continuous flow of becoming and possibility.
Where are you? Where is your attention, your awareness, your essence, your consciousness? Is it riding that wave of Now, or has it wandered off to play in the memories of the past or speculation about the future, the lands of useless rumination and anxiety cultivation.
Your senses are feeding you volumes of data about the present, right now. Your mind is ignoring most of it, and like the unridden wave, your chance to live that experience is forever lost. What good is your rehashing of the past, your anxiety about the future?
Occupy your mind. Bring it back to the present so that all of your consciousness is in the experience of life. In the present. On the leading edge of the wave.
Connect your mind with your senses, with intention. Breathe, and be aware of your breath. Name the colors around you. There are more than you think. Name the shapes you see - triangles, squares, circles. Don't judge, just observe. Notice light, and shadow. Listen to sounds near and far - not as good or bad - but as different variations of vibration. Touch things. Feel their temperature and texture, and think of how the object would describe the feel of you. Smell, and taste, too.
As you occupy your mind with non-judgmental awareness of the present, intending to notice everything as new, alert for that moment of distraction when another part of your mind wants to pull you back into the playgrounds of past or future, and choosing "no," to stay in the present, your experience becomes richer, fuller, deeper. You are more alive.
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