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Top 10 Countdown - #9: Living in the now - no past, no future, no regrets, no worries

Sorry to admit, I am still not finished reading "The Power of Now", but I will (thank you for listening, and caring enough to bring it in for me and now giving me endless time to complete it ;)).  So far, I've learned so much from beginning this book, and working on living in the moment.  It is so interesting, the concept that if you only concentrate on right now, you truly have no problems at all.

The problems we have, are with our feelings about what has past, or our worries about what may come.  If we simply acknowledge that the past is gone and the future non existent, then we sit with only now, only this moment.  What is truly wrong right now? Not too much.

Eckhart Tolle writes that we find true love, joy, and peace in the spaces between our stream of thought.  He writes that these gaps occur in rare moments, especially when the mind is rendered speechless. We need to work on silencing our minds, for moments at a time, each day to allow for these spaces to occur. It is when you STOP worrying, that these moments have a chance to thrive.

Just when you begin to worry about what may come, you need to stop yourself in your tracks and understand that you only have control over what you do right now - so say what you need to say, do what you need to do, because it is important to you right now - with no worry about the future state.

We cannot ignore decisions that will affect our future.  We cannot pretend things are okay, when they are not; however, we must take the time to appreciate and look after this moment right here in front of us, as it is all we truly have.

The Lesson: You will be surprised how much happier you will be, when you let go of your past, and let the future come in it's own course.  Make decisions based on right now, be satisfied with who you are right now, look around, and realize - this is good, and everything really is okay, right now. So, live on with no regrets, be strong and be yourself, with no worries.  Right now the world is ready for you to live in it's presence.