Last week a friend had said he would give me some personal feedback and therefore we had arranged to meet. During our discussion there was one thing specific bit of feedback that hit home and that was around ‘connectedness’. Basically my friend said that there were times when I was fully engaged with him. There were other times when he noticed I was not fully connected and that he felt that my attentions was elsewhere and thinking about other things than the things that we were talking about. At these times I was giving messages that I was bored. How interesting!
Recently I have been focusing on very much being connected with people in the moment. People I admire in this regard and have been observing create the sense that you and they are the only important people in the world at that moment – and that is what I have been learning to do over that last month or so. I believe I have learned to do this well but I also understand that at the moment this does not come naturally/automatically.
I find that focusing on the ‘here and now’ or ‘being in the moment’ is a very rewarding place to be. I, like many people tend to focus on the future and the things that need to be done rather than enjoy the richness of the present moment. As it says in one of my favourite passages from the book of Matthew
“Don’t worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to
worry about today.”
So…. how are you living in the moment?
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