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I am in a rush.
A rush to be fit, to be thin, to be a yogini, to run fast, to lift heavy weights, to do the dancer's pose and on and on the list goes...
Being in a rush isn't helpful. In fact it's worse than not being helpful, it's detrimental. I'm reading The Power of Now and intellectually agree with Tolle's wisdom but haven't quite internalized it.
I wonder if remaining in the present is as important as sweating and stretching and 10 servings of fruit and vegetables every day. I think it is.
You can't rush the present. So if I don't spend my day thinking about the future, imaging another kind of life in another kind of body than I am left with today, right now...
It is a constant mind tugging to stay here, right here, right now and not zip off into the future.
A 24/7 mental workout.
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Yes, staying in the now can be tough especially that we always want to seek refuge in the past of the future to escape tough situations. Learning to cope with the present is the key. Another good book on a similar theme is 'You Are here' by Thich Nhat Hanh.
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