Saturday, May 24, 2008

your present


“To the ego, the present moment is, at best, only useful as a means to an end. It gets you to some future moment that is considered more important, even though the future never comes except as the present moment and is therefore never more than a thought in your head. In other words, you are never fully here because you are always busy trying to get elsewhere.”

- from “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose” by Eckhart Tolle

Ergo: Enjoy your Saturday! Life happens in the present. The future will get here soon enough. Perhaps the present is called such because it is a present for you to enjoy. Open the gift! It's your present and it's not even your birthday. Go for a walk outside and enjoy today. By stringing together a lot of pleasant presents, you build a memorable life.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

YES!!! Eckhart Tolle is my hero! And so are you for spreading his word! "A New Earth" has changed my life!

Janet Lee

Stephen Lyn Bales said...

Hello Janet Lee!

So good to hear from you. I hope you enjoyed your present, As I'm sure you did.