January 4
“Today I will live from here.”
Oh. My. Goodness. Love, love, love this one! So simple, yet so true. In this session, Charles Freligh asks a very simple but straightforward question: “Where do you come from?” And what if the answer is even simpler? “I come from here.” Charles talks about how we sometimes get caught up in the future or stuck in the past. We think about what we want and fret about what may or may not happen. Or we remember the past and get bogged down by memories. Today’s lesson reminds us that the only time that we can act on anything is . . . now.
Charles describes the image of being on a sailing ship. He says that there’s usually a destination. In fact, that’s what gets us to act in the first place. Then he says, “. . . you can only get there by adjusting to what’s here.” It reminded me of a quote by Dolly Parton: “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” We have goals for ourselves. Dreams. We have to work toward them – they won’t happen instantaneously. But the steps we take to make those dreams come true can only be done in the present moment with the information we have.
The question is can we do that? Are we able to live from here?
We can’t change the past. We can only work toward the future by the actions we take right now. And if something veers off course, we can adjust, keeping our eye on the goal.
“Today I will live from here.” That’s the intention for the day. But, quite honestly, it sounds like a wonderful intention for life.
Happy living!
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