posted December 07, 2007 12:04 PM         

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."

-- Annie Dillard

We lose the power of the moment because we're so rarely in it. We're reliving the past or speculating about the future. We continue to believe that tomorrow's the day when I'll be more capable, more wealthy, more fit and more loving. Meanwhile, I'm just putting in time, dreaming of better things but not making any concrete move to realize them.

When you find yourself thinking of the future or the past, bring your awareness into the present moment. Really experience how you feel and what’s happening around you, without judgment. If we can treasure each moment, our lives will be rich, no matter what we have accomplished.

"Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever."

-- Horace Mann

"If, before going to bed every night, you will tear a page from the calendar, and remark, 'there goes another day of my life, never to return,' you will become time conscious."

-- A. B. Zu Tavern

posted December 07, 2007 12:48 PM         

"Carpe Diem!"

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it now!
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Be bold and mighty forces with come to your aid."
~ Goethe

"You cannot kill time without injuring eternity."
~ Thoreau

The corollary:

"To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted..."

The "present moment" is not static,
but is as much a part of the flow as anything.

The "present moment" exists as part of a larger story.

Each Tarot Card represents a different "present moment".

To be in the "present moment",
is to fully inhabit that part of the story.

Do not suppose that you are ever not in the "present moment".

Just be where you are, and know you are there.

Every step is needed.
Every step is necessary.

The man who walks in circles builds momentum.

The revelations that inspired this thread,
and the spirit of action it encourages,
were born out of idleness.

But the lesson is not to refute (past) idleness.

The lesson is to be in the "present moment".

No one ventures out of their comfort zones,
until they become uncomfortable.

"They call it virtue when their vices grow lazy."
~ Nietzche

"We must be eternally dissatisfied,
so as to remain eternally growing."
~ Andre Gide

posted December 07, 2007 11:45 PM         

Every step is needed.
Every step is necessary.

Nice post reply also!!!