January 4, 2008
Now Is The Time
Bloom Where You Are PlantedHaving a vision for our future that differs from our current circumstances can be inspiring and exciting, but it can also keep us from fully committing to our present placement. We may become aware that this is happening when we notice our thoughts about the future distracting us from our participation in the moment. We may find upon searching our hearts that we are waiting for some future time or situation in order to self-actualize. This would be like a flower planted in North Dakota putting off blooming because it would prefer to do so in Illinois. [...] Now is the time for each of us to bloom where we are planted, overriding our tendency to hold back. Now is the time to say yes, to be brave and commit fully to ourselves, because until we do no one else will. Now is the time to be vulnerable, unfolding delicately yet fully into the space in which we find ourselves.
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It's predictable that the same thing will occur shortly after you move to CO. After you get settled into your "temporary" apartment (which could still last a couple years) your attention will then naturally turn towards building a house on the raw land. And, perhaps, after that it may very well turn towards when/if/how to bring children into your lives. So there's always something else coming up... that just shows that living in the future is really just a method to avoid living in the present.
And while I obviously do that myself, too, on the other hand it seems crazy to me since living in the moment brings groundedness, connection & (often) a quiet joy.
*eye roll*
And this seems not just to be the situation of addicts and other 12 Steppers, but rather part of the human condition. Perhaps the struggle to stay connected, the building of the mental muscles to constantly refocus on THE NOW and THE CONNECTION is what our lives are really all about. Hmmm.
(I think I'd be stroking my beard right now, if I had one!)
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