Opportunties of the Present Moment
For eternally and always there is only now, one and the same now; the present is the only thing that has no end." Erwin Schrodinger
I've been reading and journaling through a very practical and interesting book, Quantum Success by Sandra Ann Taylor. The quote above comes from this book that is surely one of the most important "self help" or insiprational books out there today. The chapter I'm working with is The Energy of Presence where Taylor opens with "Today is a gift; that's why they call it the present." She says there's an energetic truth within that old adage: "Energetically, we create our reality every moment that we live....in terms of our consciousness creation, we never have any other opportunity to do so. That's what makes each second so precious, so much of a gift. The present is our window of opportunity. It opens us to our options of choosing a new approach that will make a difference in our lives...Every single second is a Universal gift."
When I read that this morning I stopped. Picked up the book, journal and my laptop. Took myself out to our beautiful, tranquil and cool backyard with the morning sun just peeking over the house behind us. We work long and hard on our yard, making it as pretty as we know how, watering the plants, fertilizing and nurturing all we've chosen to grow. We've fruit and nut trees, dahlias, rhodies, mums, vines, honeysuckle,roses, fuchsias, various annuals for color and containers of herbs that are going leggy and to seed. I can't possibly use all the basil and flat parsley in the containers on the patio. I just enjoy the heavenly fragrance and ever changing shapes, the tiny white flowers. Today is going to be warm, about 80 and sunny. I can tell by the light quality that changed about August 1st that the season is due to change soon. Before sunrise I watered the back garden and went inside to meditate and start my work day. When I read the quoted material above, I looked out the window at my heavenly garden and thought, "Why the heck am I in here looking out?" This is that precious, eternal moment. I can choose to spend it inside with my to-do lists or I can go uncover the swing, sit and enjoy what other inspired now moments have created in my life.
Too often we're driven by our programmed to-dos. We'll work hard to get the right things and make the perfect home. Then we'll move on to the next to-do and the beauty and good that we've created may drop to a sort of "maintenance" level on our living to-do list. We clean the house, wash the car, mow the yard and on and on. Pretty soon we may not even enter that perfect livingroom except to dust or vacumn. The garden and the swing become another job to be checked off the to-do list so we can go do something else. But not today.
Today I've chosen the opportunity of the present moment to get inpsired by the sound of the water bubbling in the fountain on the patio as I swing in the sunshine and drink in the glorious colors and scents of the garden. I've chosen to gift myself uplifting and empowering enjoyment of the present moment. May you do the same.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmelinda
I've been reading and journaling through a very practical and interesting book, Quantum Success by Sandra Ann Taylor. The quote above comes from this book that is surely one of the most important "self help" or insiprational books out there today. The chapter I'm working with is The Energy of Presence where Taylor opens with "Today is a gift; that's why they call it the present." She says there's an energetic truth within that old adage: "Energetically, we create our reality every moment that we live....in terms of our consciousness creation, we never have any other opportunity to do so. That's what makes each second so precious, so much of a gift. The present is our window of opportunity. It opens us to our options of choosing a new approach that will make a difference in our lives...Every single second is a Universal gift."
When I read that this morning I stopped. Picked up the book, journal and my laptop. Took myself out to our beautiful, tranquil and cool backyard with the morning sun just peeking over the house behind us. We work long and hard on our yard, making it as pretty as we know how, watering the plants, fertilizing and nurturing all we've chosen to grow. We've fruit and nut trees, dahlias, rhodies, mums, vines, honeysuckle,roses, fuchsias, various annuals for color and containers of herbs that are going leggy and to seed. I can't possibly use all the basil and flat parsley in the containers on the patio. I just enjoy the heavenly fragrance and ever changing shapes, the tiny white flowers. Today is going to be warm, about 80 and sunny. I can tell by the light quality that changed about August 1st that the season is due to change soon. Before sunrise I watered the back garden and went inside to meditate and start my work day. When I read the quoted material above, I looked out the window at my heavenly garden and thought, "Why the heck am I in here looking out?" This is that precious, eternal moment. I can choose to spend it inside with my to-do lists or I can go uncover the swing, sit and enjoy what other inspired now moments have created in my life.
Too often we're driven by our programmed to-dos. We'll work hard to get the right things and make the perfect home. Then we'll move on to the next to-do and the beauty and good that we've created may drop to a sort of "maintenance" level on our living to-do list. We clean the house, wash the car, mow the yard and on and on. Pretty soon we may not even enter that perfect livingroom except to dust or vacumn. The garden and the swing become another job to be checked off the to-do list so we can go do something else. But not today.
Today I've chosen the opportunity of the present moment to get inpsired by the sound of the water bubbling in the fountain on the patio as I swing in the sunshine and drink in the glorious colors and scents of the garden. I've chosen to gift myself uplifting and empowering enjoyment of the present moment. May you do the same.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmelinda
posted by MMMelinda at 9:18 AM
