Live in the present.

Monday, Oct. 27, 2003-2:15 am
Don't give up on what you want your one and only life to be. Don't be ashamed of wanting it all. Forget what others say is wrong about that kind of choices you make....because when you're gone it won't matter what they said..., especially to you.

For a lot of us it seems that the good life is about to begin soon. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. (maybe it was a new car , or a better job or having a child, or having the perfect romance, or if only those people would do things my way.. )

These obstacles, and the spaces in between, were really what life is . That may be all you ever get.

We can throw away the small moments and ignore what is happeneing in those big blocks of time, while we wait for something better. Collectively,that lost time would be a great loss. We would be appalled at the magnitude and significance of all those wasted moments that we spent waiting for something "life changing" to happen .

Make peace with what you have now. It is difficult at times to be happy when others have what we want and we are left wanting. It is difficult to watch happy couples when your relationship is over, or if you are single and don't want to be. It is difficult to see others spend money if you have none or are struggling.

Yet making peace with how things are right now is one step toward having what you want in the future. Making peace with unfulfilled desires is not the same as giving up on your dream or surrendering to never having it fulfilled. It is simply a way of having peace now�one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. This is not the same as denial of your needs.

Peace is acceptance, a fundamental way of embracing reality as it is right now. Peace frees you up to take action to cause different results in the future. John 10, 10 "The thief comes only in order to steal kill and destroy." Worry can be "the thief". Envy can also be "the thief".

Sometimes our power and peace of mind is stolen, We sometimes give it away, but it is always there to take back.

If you are having a bad time with an issue, go ahead and take your power back right now.

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