Monday, June 23, 2014

The Kindness of an Invitation

"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."
Henry David Thoreau

Recently, I received a beautiful invitation:  "Invite yourself into the present moment."  I have read and heard many things about the importance of being in the present moment, but I had never heard it put that way.  It is a gentle way of coaxing ourselves into the here and now -- not in the troubles of the past or the worries of the present or future.  Nearly always, I find that truly being in the present -- even if for just a few minutes -- is much more enjoyable that ruminating about worries.  And there is great kindness in doing that for ourselves.

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