Living in the moment

We hear this all the time now. Live in the moment. As the world keeps spinning by faster and faster and we struggle to keep pace, the moment is the only thing there is, and the only way to slow down time.

Slowing down to be in the present moment is an auspicious task indeed. I struggle with it every day, and yet when those moments come and I am still enough to watch the world as it watches me, those are the moments of my day that I remember the best. Those same moments will be the ones that I remember on the day I die. Not the ones I rushed to get someplace other than I was.

Lots of people are asking me these days, "You must be counting the days until you leave for Colorado?" Colorado, that place where I and my love are moving this year, is a goal, part of a life vision. And yet as I am asked this, I realize that, unlike a former me who was always living for some future moment, I can wait and it is okay because this is where I am right now, doing the work that I need to do.

So how do we begin to capture the present moment? Meditation is one way. Reiki is another. So is yoga, which, in its essence, is preparation for meditation. Start with the breath. Notice today that you are breathing. In and out. In and out. Try using a meditation technique to focus on the in breath and the out breath, such as "Breathing in......peace" "Breathing out......love"

You can only begin at the beginning. Breath is where it begins. The first thing we do when we enter this world is take a breath and it is also the last thing we do. Make it count. Namaste.