It's been awhile since my last post and I had plenty of time for relaxation with family over the long 4th of July weekend as I hope you did, too. One of the things that I've been thinking about a lot lately is the idea that even though we might not think of it this way, our present, in this moment, right now, is perfect ... just the way it is.
Thomas Leonard, in his book The 28 Laws of Attraction, talks about how our present, right now, not the past and not the future, is perfect. The things we have done in the past have brought us to where we are now and the things that we do now will take us into the future.
Even on our worse days, our present is perfect because we have set it up that way. This may seem a little abstract in the beginning, but once you give it some thought, you'll see that there is truth to the idea. Leonard puts it this way:
"When you recognize and accept that things are the way they are, and that the present is all we truly have, then it's not too much of a leap to believe that the present is perfect. Maybe it's not optimum, but it is perfect to learn from and perfect to grow from."
It took me a long time (maybe even a couple of years) to get used to this idea and allow it to fully sink in, but once it did, it made a lot of sense. As is frequently repeated ad nauseam to us, the past is gone, the future isn't here yet, the present is all we have. You can learn from where you are now by looking at what got you here and grow from where you are by looking at what you can do to better shape your future.
Leonard also says, "Being in sync (and in love) with your present is just about the best way to optimize your future." Don't look to yesterday to figure out your future. Figure out where you are right now and use that place to move forward into a greater tomorrow. As the guy at Target who waited on me yesterday, when I asked how he was doing, said, "I'm wonderful and only getting better!"
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