Slow down or stop -live in the Presence or the NOW!!!
Slow down or stop -live in the Presence or the NOW!!!
Presence
"C'mon. Hurry. Let's go," my friend said, shifting nervously from one foot to the other.
I looked around. Another friend, Michael, had just walked into the room. I hadn't seen him for a while. I felt compelled to go over and talk to him, even though I didn't have anything important to say.
"Please, let's go," my friend said again. I started to leave with him, then changed my mind.
"Give me just a few minutes," I said, walking away from my friend and moving toward Michael. We didn't talk about much, Michael and I. But I'll never forget that conversation. He was killed in an accident two weeks later.
Some people suggest that our biggest regret when we die will be that we didn't work less and spend more time with the people we love. That may be true, but for me, I think it will be that I wasn't more completely present for each person, task, and moment in my life.
Action: Do you remember the "stop, look, and, listen" slogan from when you were a child? Every so often, even for a few minutes each day, try to remember to practice it.
Slow down or stop - depending on how fast you're going.
Look - see where you are, whom you're with, what you're doing. Give whatever you're doing your attention.
Listen - as much as possible, quell your anxiety, cease your mental chatter, and just listen to nature, to other people, to God, and to yourself.
Presence
"C'mon. Hurry. Let's go," my friend said, shifting nervously from one foot to the other.
I looked around. Another friend, Michael, had just walked into the room. I hadn't seen him for a while. I felt compelled to go over and talk to him, even though I didn't have anything important to say.
"Please, let's go," my friend said again. I started to leave with him, then changed my mind.
"Give me just a few minutes," I said, walking away from my friend and moving toward Michael. We didn't talk about much, Michael and I. But I'll never forget that conversation. He was killed in an accident two weeks later.
Some people suggest that our biggest regret when we die will be that we didn't work less and spend more time with the people we love. That may be true, but for me, I think it will be that I wasn't more completely present for each person, task, and moment in my life.
Action: Do you remember the "stop, look, and, listen" slogan from when you were a child? Every so often, even for a few minutes each day, try to remember to practice it.
Slow down or stop - depending on how fast you're going.
Look - see where you are, whom you're with, what you're doing. Give whatever you're doing your attention.
Listen - as much as possible, quell your anxiety, cease your mental chatter, and just listen to nature, to other people, to God, and to yourself.
You are reading from the book:
My Gratitude Links from God with God's Help!!
My Gratitude Links from God with God's Help!!
Forgiving others and ourselves
Forgiving others and ourselves
Carolyn Everett McRae
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for Meditations and buying my Books
Above and Beyond AA
I Started this Spiritual Program
in Honor of my Brother James
Who Committed Suicide
He was a 27 years old a Gay JW-
Jehovah Witness=Shamed Him
Not Good!
This is a Spiritual Program using the
AA 12Step Program as a Guide
- to a Happier Balanced Life.
- AAA 12Step Caring Counselling Clinical Society
-Give back & God gives to YOU..
I was the Ny 9/11 Canadian Angel @ Ground Zero-
My Dream is to start 12 Step Churches - God Not Guilt and
12Step Teen Angels- Addiction affects the whole family -
Heal the families of America and the
World and you Heal the System.
Stop the Killing of our Children and Friends!!
CaresLifesWisdom AllsortsPetStuff
that was on CNN and in the the New Papers
Counsellor-Life Coach-Volunteer-Minister-Phila
Above and Beyond AA
I Started this Spiritual Program
in Honor of my Brother James
Who Committed Suicide
Jehovah Witness=Shamed Him
Not Good!
This is a Spiritual Program using the
AA 12Step Program as a Guide
- to a Happier Balanced Life.
- AAA 12Step Caring Counselling Clinical Society
- to a Happier Balanced Life.
- AAA 12Step Caring Counselling Clinical Society
-Give back & God gives to YOU..
I was the Ny 9/11 Canadian Angel @ Ground Zero-
My Dream is to start 12 Step Churches - God Not Guilt and
12Step Teen Angels- Addiction affects the whole family -
Heal the families of America and the
I was the Ny 9/11 Canadian Angel @ Ground Zero-
My Dream is to start 12 Step Churches - God Not Guilt and
12Step Teen Angels- Addiction affects the whole family -
Heal the families of America and the
World and you Heal the System.
Stop the Killing of our Children and Friends!!
Stop the Killing of our Children and Friends!!
CaresLifesWisdom AllsortsPetStuff
that was on CNN and in the the New Papers
Counsellor-Life Coach-Volunteer-Minister-Phila
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