All these thoughts are new. There is nothing old on here. Maybe I should go back to my notebooks and find something interesting to post. Maybe I should just forge ahead regardless of what has happened in the past. I think the latter option is better, but for my 99th post, I think I will stop and reflect.
Right now though, I am working on the 100th post, so let’s deal with the present. Let’s say #99 is for past, #100 is for present, and #101 is for future. That will cover all the time options at least.
The present is the most powerful time to accomplish anything. Nothing can be accomplished in the past or future, it all has to happen in the present. Everything else is just a dream. The present is the reality, where things are accomplished and worked on. Everything must be started, worked on and finished in the present only.
There is a way to move forward in all things and scenarios. That way is through the present.
There are lots of thoughts that clutter my mind, and the vast majority of them are on the past or in the future, instead of just being in the present. When I am in the present and I am writing I am on. I am switched on like a light and burn like a 100 watt bulb until the writing is finished.
Is it me who switches me on to write like that? I don’t think so, I think it has to do with being completely in the present and surrounding myself with the tools necessary to complete the writing the way it is intended to be completed.
The present offers so many possibilities. There is a way forward in all things. There is an opportunity in every case. Take the opportunity. Take the time. There is always enough time. The present knows no bounds. There is always the present, it is our constant companion. We are always with the present and the present is always inside of us.
What do we do when we look outside the present? We falter. There is no strength in the past, no grounding in the future. It is all now. It is all right now, and only now.
Here we are, me having already written this, and you reading this in the very present tense. You are in the present. Every word you take in is happening right now. And to me, that is the power of writing. It takes my present to write it, then later, takes the past and throws it into someone else’s present. We can’t get to the future (yet), but we can interact in the present and through the past. By you reading this, our memories are linked. We may not know each other at all, but we are connected.
In the present, my present, as I am writing this, I am thinking about possibility. I am thinking about opportunity. By writing I am learning the opportunity that I have in life is to share what I create with others. By sharing I am able to connect. And by connecting I am able to grow.
Growth is the purpose of life. We grow continually from the time we are born until we die. There is no stopping it. It just happens naturally. It is an amazing process. And the wonderful thing is, as we get older, we are able to direct and decide our own growth. Our parents helped us grow when we didn’t know any better, but as we got older, we made decisions for ourselves, and grew in the direction that we wanted to go in. And so it will continue for the rest of our lives.
I am growing in the direction of creating more and more, as often as possible. The more I create, the more I grow. The more I write, the better I get. The better I get at writing, the better I get at communicating. And by communicating better, I increase my interaction with others.
In the present is where I am right now as I write this. That is obvious because my fingers are typing out the letters as I watch. But in reality, I am present as I am writing this as well. I am thinking only of the current task, only of writing a post and sharing it with others. In fact, I am not worried about sharing it yet, I am only concerned with writing it. My thoughts continually drift to sharing it in the future, or reflecting on my notebooks for the last post, but I am still able to bring my attention back to the present, and creating this post first.
Create one thing at a time. Move forward one step at a time. Find focus and energy, and make a mark on the universe. It won’t be forgotten.
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