Living in the NOW
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I am living in the now and so can you!
I spent a better part of my life worrying about what might happen or what I should do. I also spent lots of time with regrets and wishing that I could have done it differently. I was living in a constant state of panic and anxiety. After many years of personal growth, I am now living each and every day to the fullest. I am enjoying life. I am living in the now and you can too.
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Present Tense
It was spring, but it was summer I wanted,
The warm days, and the great outdoors.
It was summer, but it was fall I wanted,
The colorful leaves, and the cool, dry air.
It was fall, but it was winter I wanted,
The beautiful snow, and the joy of the holiday season.
It was winter, but it was spring I wanted,
The warmth and the blossoming of nature.
I was a child, but it was adulthood I wanted,
The freedom and respect.
I was 20, but it was 30 I wanted,
To be mature, and sophisticated.
I was middle-aged, but it was 20 I wanted,
The youth and the free spirit.
I was retired, but it was middle-age I wanted,
The presence of mind without limitations.
My life was over, and I never got what I wanted.
Jason Lehman who was 14 years old when he wrote this poem
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Deepak Chopra
I had to change my thinking....
In order to grow, you need to be open to learning and changing the way you think. This lens is dedicated to sharing with you just a few of the people, books and resourses that helped me to change my thinking.
Zig Ziglar
Some of my Personal Development Lenses
I had to learn to be grateful for what I have. I needed to get rid of all the negative chatter in my brain and I needed to actually take an active roll in living my life. These 3 lenses share with you some of the lessons I learned along the way. I hope it helps.
Living in the Here and Now
Releasing Control...
Looking back, I know that the biggest obstacle that was holding me back from true happiness was my need to control. I always felt that I had to control and plan and figure out everything. This created stress and worry. It also wasn't much fun. I wasn't living in the Now.
Now I know that things happen in life the way it is supposed to happen. I don't try to change or prevent. It will play out how it is supposed to. I let God "my higher power" control the universe. I get to enjoy life's beauty and live each moment to the fullest.
It is so freeing! I am truly blessed.
Joel Osteen
Recent blog posts about Living in the Now
- Vietnamese immigrant now living in Utica wins $1 million from scratch-off game
- By WKTV News UTICA, NY (WKTV) - A Vietnamese immigrant now living in Utica has had a trip to a store on his way home from work turn into a million dollar win after buying a scratch-off lottery ticket. "We are here at Vernon Downs Casino and Hotel to ...
- Entrepreneurial Tightrope: Know what's beyond your control
- We have two kids together, and two more ? my husband's daughter, 10, and son, 12, from his previous marriage ? also live with us. In the past, life was simple; it was just me and my accounting and tax preparation business. Now most of the time I feel ...
- 'It's up to you to get life rolling'
- She now lives with her family who defected to the South last year. But her life here was rocky in the beginning ? she was at a loss about what she should do. ?I had no plans, whatsoever. I didn't know what to do or what I wanted to do.
- Country Living Reveals 2nd Annual 'What's Country Now' Honorees
- NEW YORK, NY, Feb 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Country Living today announced the magazine's 2nd annual 'What's Country Now' honorees, celebrating the people, places, and products revolutionizing what country means today.
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Living In The Now: Reflections From Another Dimension About Being Happy In This One
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P.S. If I learned one thing about Living in the Now...
You don't miss out on life! Let's face it, we are only here once, lets live!
While your living in the now...
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Thanks for stopping by just NOW! I love you.
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Pukeko
Feb 16, 2010 @ 1:15 am | delete
- I agree with Ramkitten and was about to write almost the identical thing when I noticed her comment.
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Ramkitten
Feb 9, 2010 @ 1:35 pm | delete
- That poem by the 14-year-old is amazing!! I read it twice.
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michaeldavid3
Jun 15, 2009 @ 10:49 pm | delete
- Thanks Wendy for viewing my lens "Emotional Healing." In reference to energy vampires has have a command statement that my wife, Lyn, developed over years as an energy healer for clearing any type of unwanted beings. If you are interested, I will send it to you. Also in regards your "Living in the Now," if one can develop the ability to hold, contain, and be present with any emotion, it will transform on its own. The challenge is that most people tend to unconsciously stop being present with the emotion and the transformation stops.
Blessings,
Michael
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Sylviane_Nuccio
Apr 9, 2009 @ 10:11 pm | delete
- Yes, living in the now is one of the great secret to success.
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j_barnhart4
Feb 28, 2009 @ 9:10 pm | delete
- good lens! I am lensrolling this with my 'being the best you' lens. 5 *s
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Table of Contents
- Present Tense
- Deepak Chopra
- I had to change my thinking....
- Zig Ziglar
- Some of my Personal Development Lenses
- Living in the Here and Now
- Releasing Control...
- Joel Osteen
- Recent blog posts about Living in the Now
- Living in the Now
- P.S. If I learned one thing about Living in the Now...
- While your living in the now...
- Enlightenment Books
- Science of Getting Rich
- 11 Forgotten Laws - Bob Proctor
- Thanks for stopping by just NOW! I love you.
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It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces readers to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind. He awakens readers to their role as a creator of pain and shows them how to have a pain-free identity by living fully in the present. The journey is thrilling, and along the way, the author shows how to connect to the indestructible essence of our Being, "the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death." Featuring a new preface by the author, this paperback shows that only after regaining awareness of Being, liberated from Mind and intensely in the Now, is there Enlightenment. ~Amazon
