Herbie, another who posts often on the forums, and I have written a book coming out soon
and some sections are about living in the present, such as these:
Oprah Winfrey believes in living in the present moment. She suggests, “Breathe. Let go.
And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
So, too, did Groucho Marx believe in living in the present. The comedian got serious when he said, “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have justoneday, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
The American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau (Walden) (1817-1862) wrote: “You can never ignore the future, because it is the place that we are all heading, but the point is… don’t live your life constantly looking forward and ignoring the present. You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. There is no other life but this.”
Buddha said, “The secret of health for both mindand body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
Jesus said we should not be anxious about anything that might happen tomorrow:
“Sufficient for today is its own troubles.”
Eric says, “Living in the present to me is enjoying every second we have. It’s about love and peace and how we learn to forgive.
“When I live in the now I totally get freed up of any distractions and can become anything I want to be. This is how I think right before preaching or a gathering or praying for someone real sick. I always enter into the now at those times, but I’m also behind the cloud of glory. Living in the present is like an instant fog cleaner for the brain.”
Since I’m still learning to live in the present myself, and find it to be very elusive, like trying to reclaiming the most beautiful rainbow I ever saw, reflected in a soap bubble I blew oneday when I was a boy.
I surfed the Internet looking for ways to live in the present, and my search led me to a posting by Chickenbone in a TMSWiki.org forum. She wrote about Guy Finley, an American philosopher, spiritual teacher, and self-help author more than 30 books. I found time to read one of them, Let Go and Live in the Now, which gave some excellent guidance on those two very important TMS subjects. In that book, Finley says contentment comes when we learn how to “bridge the distance between who we are at the present and what we may become,” and focuses on the importance of living in “the now.”
