Awareness and Living in the Now Living in the now allows us to only be focused on our immediate needs, our immediate surroundings, and ourselves. Living in the now lets us ultimately focus on pretty much anything and everything we want to. There was a conversation thread on Twitter. It was skewing negatively, and I decided to make a less negative statement. Someone replied to that – in a way that I found insulting. After some back and forth, a response that I received doubled down and was deeply insulting and condescending. And those are two ways to trigger me. I’m the first to admit that I’m imperfect. I make mistakes all the time. My response to the first response could have been more tactful – but I can’t change that. But what that garnered from the other person? I am using this as a lesson in the now how to better handle such a situation. There is value in the past and in thinking about the future. The past teaches us while the future gives us goals to achieve and places to go - from where we are now. Where is your mindset? One of the biggest problems with the goals I seek to attain is where I see them. I know full well that I see them ahead, eventually, or down the line. They are viewed by me as being in the future. They are something to be reached, something to be worked towards. Every single book I have read or listened to about consciousness creating reality, mindfulness, the Law of Attraction, and manifestation states that you MUST see the things you want as already yours. Right here, right now. Not “will be”, “coming soon”, “down the line”, or “in the future”, but here and now. In the present tense. You must picture them in your life right now, to give them clarity and power to consciously create them. Practicing living in the now How do you live in the now? Mindfulness. First, I need to be more aware of my self-talk. It’s important for me to check in with myself several times a day with questions such as: · How Am I? · What am I thinking? · How am I feeling? · Am I thinking about things ahead of me - or in the now? These are all part of mindfulness and are meant to make me more aware, right here and now. Simple questions, simple answers, but they are all important to consciously creating my reality and living in the now. Living in the now is imperative for finding empowerment, peace, and happiness. I cannot reclaim the past and I can’t live in tomorrow, so focusing on here and now allows me to simply BE. https://mjblehart.com author@mjblehart.com https://www.instagram.com/mjblehart/ https://twitter.com/MJBlehart https://www.facebook.com/blehartmj/ mjblehart.medium.com Cover artist Fe Mahoney: veinsofink2017@gmail.com and https://www.etsy.com/shop/TaliasInspirations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices