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How often are you physically somewhere, but mentally somewhere else?
I think we all do this more than we realize. Our body is sitting in today while our mind is replaying yesterday or trying to predict tomorrow. We spend so much energy thinking about what happened, what might happen, and what needs to happen before we finally allow ourselves to enjoy life.
And while we are doing that, life keeps moving.
Our children grow.
Our parents age.
Relationships change.
Seasons pass.
Opportunities come and go.
Yet we convince ourselves that someday, when everything settles down, we will finally be present enough to enjoy it.
But someday never really arrives.
I used to believe peace was waiting for me after the next problem was solved or the next goal was accomplished. What I learned was that every future I eventually reached simply became another present moment.
That changed how I looked at life.
There is nothing wrong with ambition. Build something. Chase your goals. Become more. Just do not become so focused on who you are trying to become that you reject who you are today.
You can influence tomorrow without sacrificing today.
So acknowledge where your mind is right now. Notice when it wanders into regret about yesterday or fear about tomorrow. Then bring yourself back to NowHere.
Look around. Listen. Feel. Be with the people who are actually in front of you.
Your life is not waiting somewhere in the future for you to arrive.
It is happening right now.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#today #waiting #life #happening #NowHere
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Max Bender
I think we all do this more than we realize. Our body is sitting in today while our mind is replaying yesterday or trying to predict tomorrow. We spend so much energy thinking about what happened, what might happen, and what needs to happen before we finally allow ourselves to enjoy life.
And while we are doing that, life keeps moving.
Our children grow.
Our parents age.
Relationships change.
Seasons pass.
Opportunities come and go.
Yet we convince ourselves that someday, when everything settles down, we will finally be present enough to enjoy it.
But someday never really arrives.
I used to believe peace was waiting for me after the next problem was solved or the next goal was accomplished. What I learned was that every future I eventually reached simply became another present moment.
That changed how I looked at life.
There is nothing wrong with ambition. Build something. Chase your goals. Become more. Just do not become so focused on who you are trying to become that you reject who you are today.
You can influence tomorrow without sacrificing today.
So acknowledge where your mind is right now. Notice when it wanders into regret about yesterday or fear about tomorrow. Then bring yourself back to NowHere.
Look around. Listen. Feel. Be with the people who are actually in front of you.
Your life is not waiting somewhere in the future for you to arrive.
It is happening right now.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#today #waiting #life #happening #NowHere
Background Photo Credit:
Max Bender
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Have you ever exhausted yourself living through something that has not even happened?
I have.
I have played conversations in my head that never took place. Worried about outcomes that never happened. Created entire futures around one fearful thought and then reacted emotionally as if that future were already real.
That is the power we sometimes give our thoughts.
A thought enters our mind. We attach meaning to it. That meaning creates an emotion. The emotion influences our actions, and those actions eventually create results. That is TEAR happening in real time.
But here is what changed things for me.
I learned that having a thought does not make the thought true.
I can acknowledge it without judging it. I can become curious about where it came from without allowing it to become my identity. Most importantly, I can choose whether I give it any more energy.
That is where awareness becomes powerful.
Fear loves an imagined future. Presence brings us back to what is actually happening.
Right now.
Not tomorrow. Not the conversation you are rehearsing. Not the rejection you are predicting. Not the failure you have already convinced yourself is coming.
NowHere.
Today, when your mind starts creating a future you have not lived yet, pause. Ask yourself one simple question.
Is this actually happening, or am I thinking about it happening?
Then bring yourself back to what you can influence right now.
You are not every thought that enters your mind. You are the awareness capable of choosing which thoughts receive your energy.
And that choice can change everything.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#future #happening #power #here #now
Background Photo Credit:
Katie Montgomery
I have.
I have played conversations in my head that never took place. Worried about outcomes that never happened. Created entire futures around one fearful thought and then reacted emotionally as if that future were already real.
That is the power we sometimes give our thoughts.
A thought enters our mind. We attach meaning to it. That meaning creates an emotion. The emotion influences our actions, and those actions eventually create results. That is TEAR happening in real time.
But here is what changed things for me.
I learned that having a thought does not make the thought true.
I can acknowledge it without judging it. I can become curious about where it came from without allowing it to become my identity. Most importantly, I can choose whether I give it any more energy.
That is where awareness becomes powerful.
Fear loves an imagined future. Presence brings us back to what is actually happening.
Right now.
Not tomorrow. Not the conversation you are rehearsing. Not the rejection you are predicting. Not the failure you have already convinced yourself is coming.
NowHere.
Today, when your mind starts creating a future you have not lived yet, pause. Ask yourself one simple question.
Is this actually happening, or am I thinking about it happening?
Then bring yourself back to what you can influence right now.
You are not every thought that enters your mind. You are the awareness capable of choosing which thoughts receive your energy.
And that choice can change everything.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#future #happening #power #here #now
Background Photo Credit:
Katie Montgomery
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