What are we missing?
How often do you truly live in the present moment? Many people dwell on the past, others are continuously looking to the future. How good are you at living in now?
How often do you truly live in the present moment? Many people dwell on the past, others are continuously looking to the future. How good are you at living in now?
Recently I had the pleasure of catching up with a girl friend who had just returned from an overseas holiday. I love travel, and I love listening to people’s adventures. I feel a sense of freedom when traveling and exploring. During our conversation a question was raised: "Why don’t we live with that sense of freedom and appreciation all the time?”
Imagine yourself on holiday… in an idyllic place or space, magically relaxing, doing only what you love. Imagine who is with you, the smells, sights and sounds. Pressures are eliminated. You can choose what ever you want to do at any given moment. Hear the laughter and music, smell the aromas of food and flora. Imagine the best holiday ever!
How often is your life like that? Is that something you want more of? If so, let’s look at how you can make that happen.
Assessing the gap
Look at your usual every day life. How different is it from the perfect holiday you’ve just imagined? Consider every aspect and on a scale of 1 – 10 assess each area of daily life against your ideal state of living you experience on holiday. For example, take laughter. How much laughter do you have in your daily life compared to your ideal life? Measure each on a scale so you can give it some perspective. If your ideal life has just the right amount of laughter – rate it as 10. Rate your daily laughter against that.
Continue this process with other areas that are important to you. For example, spending time with family, reading a magazine, doing new things, sitting and relaxing, or exploring...
Creating more
Now take a look at your list and ask yourself "How can I create this on a daily basis?” Brainstorm as many ways as possible for each area. Let ideas flow without judgment. Allow your subconscious mind to present ideas over the next day or two. Write them down. Go for at least 10 ways to achieve each one and make them compelling.
It is helpful to get in touch with the feeling of having the desired state while you do this exercise. If you can create the feeling you will be more creative and motivated to find ways to achieve it easily.
Busting blocks
Take the top five feelings or experiences and ask yourself "What prevents me having more of this in my everyday life?”
It is important to do this in a non-judgmental way. Be completely honest with yourself. No criticizing allowed. Check if what prevents you is an excuse. Remember the purpose of this exercise is to help you experience more of what you really want now.
For more information on blocks and how to bust them, check out www.choosethetude.com/Free/Articles.html and look up the Goals are Dreams with Deadlines articles.
Final step
Act as if you already have these things happening in your every day life. How would life be if you really did live in the moment, enjoying all the things you want and love right now? What would you be doing?
What have you been missing? Why save the good things for special occasions? Special occasions may not happen. Today is a special occasion for you to enjoy, so fill it with everything you enjoy. It’s your choice.
We are free to choose our experience daily. Since the conversation with my friend I have begun to choose to experience ‘now’ all the time.
I still have dreams for the future, and I sometimes look at the past. What’s important is that I know I’m choosing this and I can choose what’s good about now, now!
Simple techniques like this are very powerful. Life is meant to be simple. So what are you missing?
Final tip… A great way to start your day is to consciously choose your attitude so it starts off positively. Our ‘Smell the Roses’ range can help you get in the mood to relax and take time to appreciate the simple things in life and enjoy ‘now’. For inspiration in this area click here...
Author: Robyn Simpson from Choose The 'Tude!
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