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Food #24: The Precious Present: "Be in the House Where You Live"

"The Place to Be"

There is only ONE moment that you ever experience... and that moment is NOW. The PAST is history. The FUTURE is a mystery.

Living in the here and NOW is the ONLY place to be. For it is all you ever truly have.

The Precious Present

The precious present is not something that someone gives you,
it is a gift you give yourself.

It is wise for me to learn from the past,
But it is not wise for me to be in the past.
For that is how I lose myself.

It is also wise to think about the future,
and to prepare for the future,
But it is not wise for me to be in the future.
For that too, is how I lose myself.

And when I lose myself I lose what is most precious to me,
my life my present moment.

But learning to be in the present is not going to be easy.
Learning to be in the present is a process that will,
have to be done over and over till
It becomes a habit.

The present is what is.
It is valuable, even if we don't know why.
It is already just the way it is supposed to be.

When I see the present, accept the present,
and experience the present,
I am well, and I am happy!

Pain is simply the difference between
what is and what I want it to be.

When I feel guilty over my imperfect past,
or I am anxious over my unknown future,
I do not live in the present
I experience pain, I make myself ill, and I am unhappy.

My past was the present and my future will be the present.
The present moment is the only reality I ever experience.

As long as I continue to stay in the present,
I am happy forever:

Because forever is always the present,
The present is simply who I am, just the way I am,
Right now. And it is precious.
I am precious, I am the precious present!

I can only live in the now.
Living in the now makes me happy
and I feel at peace with myself!

I will savor each moment in my life...
the apparently good and the apparently bad...

Even if I don't understand why,
for the first time in my life
It doesn't really matter.

I now accept each of my precious moments
on this planet as a gift.

Credits: from Spencer Johnson MD "The Precious Present" and "Celebrate" logo by peacemonger.org.