Hi everyone,

I’m sending this email earlier as we are off on a road trip for the weekend, to pick up my son from Port Douglas after his time there for the eclipse festival.

How is being Present helping you in your daily living so far? This power keeps me coming back for more – it takes a bit of practice – but practice really does make perfect 🙂 Enabling myself to remain in the present moment is incredibly powerful and gets the creative flow moving. When I insist on revisiting the past (in my mind only, as past is not a place) or race of to my next port of call – my next sale, my next appointment, my next good deed… rush, rush, rush – the creative flow gets blocked… and so does life! However, when I consistently practice bringing myself back to the present moment (each time I catch myself drifting away) life stops being complicated and I can actually enjoy life.

Ok, so the body may not cooperate as much these days, that doesn’t stop me from doing something I enjoy… I now just need to prepare much better for a road trip 🙂 There’s just no point to live in the past and think about what I could do, or constantly worry about the future and what I may not be able to do – it gets frustrating and your focus begins to take on the negative view of life. Remaining present, helps me focus on the positive side of life, my attention span increases and I CAN DO what I CAN DO 🙂

Questions to churn on today:

— Which do you recognise more about yourself – ?… Reliving the Past or Worrying about the future?…

– Living with chronic pain, I found myself worrying more about the future, though I have worked through different stages of finding myself in the past also.

— What do you do to bring yourself back to the present, and how often do you do it?…

– Traffic control (stop, breathe, check and change myself every hour) has been the number one tool for me to remain present. Each time I catch myself being pulled away, I gently redirect myself back to here (like a distracted child – with love and patience 🙂

Have a wonderful day and may you all be ‘present’ for the weekend

Much Love Annemarie 🙂