Messages of Hope: Being in the Moment

Don't wander from the safety zone of NOW. During your day,

observe how your mind slips backward to yesterday and forward to tomorrow. 

Catch it. Pull it back. Pull it back to where it belongs in the here and now.

  Vernon Howard

In the 12 Step program, the motto is "live one day at a time."  This is a profound statement, not only for addicts, but all of us.  In the 12 step program, it is meant to help the addict to not obsess over regrets or plans for tomorrow but to deal with things as they arise.  It suggests " do not live in your head", thinking of the past or the future but to be aware of where you are and how you feel in the moment.  This is true and helpful for all!

Each moment of every day are like droplets into a larger pool of our lives.  Or see them as beads that are on the never ending chain. one leading  to the next and they exist without thought of them being there.  If each moment leads to the nest without our control; why not live in the moment to the fullest?  The future is already here.

Let us not look back in anger or fear, but around in awareness.

Jessamyn West