Psychology 101

It's so hard to really live in the present. To not worry or think about things in the past - they have already happened. To not worry or think about things in the future - they are yet to come. To live for right now, in this very moment, seems so calming and blissful and yet so difficult to achieve. I'm a planner, but I think you can be a planner and still live in the present. I think about all the times that we countdown to a certain event. I know it's normal to look forward to these things and get excited about them. It seems sometimes though we are looking so forward to these things that we miss the current present moment and all of its excitement it could hold for our life if we just pay attention to it.

I would love to follow the teachings and practices of Eckhart Tolle. He really has it. He sees that we live almost entirely in the past or in the future because the past is what defines us and our hopes are for fulfillment in the future. Eckhart Tolle believes "now is the most precious thing there is because now is when your whole life unfolds. Life is now. When you are fully present in the now, all problems are gone. You can feel who you truly are: something immeasurable, indestructible. It's enormously liberating to be fully present in the now."

I'm not one to harp on the past, but I definitely look towards the future. I am going to make an effort to live more in the present. I am also adding The Power of Now to my reading list.

"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life."

- Eckhart Tolle

P.S. My psychology class at Carolina was definitely a wow class, and one of my favorites. I fully appreciate it, and I am so glad I chose it.