*-. The Now .-*

I know I'm not alone when I say that, a considerable amount of our energy goes to past moments or things to be. Ahora, I am not saying there is anything wrong with reminiscing in the happy moments we spent in our childhood home, or how much fun we had at our higschool prom; tampoco estoy diciendo that it's wrong to have goals, plan for our future and figure out the steps for what we want to do- on the contrary, i encourage such thoughts. The problem is when we are drowned in replaying over and over (and, furthermore, uselessly) things that have already happened, or when we spend all our time worrying about the mortgage, the phone bill, the noisy neighbors, etc. It can be a constant overflow of worrying, of repeteadly having the exact same things occupy our minds, day and night. A minimal -and note I say minimal- amount of worries and stress allow our survival in the world (god forbid we forget to pay our phone bill and be sin comunicacion alguna), but somewhere in that whirlwind of worries and thoughts, we loose the now. Exactly what the now is might seem obvious, but, is it? When was the last time you payed attention to the now? Noticed how what you are eating tastes, instead of mindleslly watching TV while you eat? Noticed how much you appreciate that your family is there for you? Noticed the sublime peacefulness of the light coming thru the window? It's not necesary to be poetic in order to pay more attention to the Now. A common example is how we spend all week waiting for the weekend, while we spend 65% of our lives in a working weekday. Should we be miserable in expecting that famous "TGIF"? Wouldn't life be that much more enjoyable if we were more present to notice the little things happening all around us? Given, we can't be expected to be present all the time. Sometimes it helps to distract ourselves and get immersed in the lives of TV's fictional characters. But try it. Take a deep breath into the fall air, and pay just a little attention to right now.