“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”Buddha“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention.
This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”Jon Kabat-ZinnOne of the most common habits that make life miserable is to not be where you are.What do I mean by that?That your body is right here, right now.
But that your thoughts are elsewhere in time and space.They are in the past, reliving an old, painful memory. Or replaying an argument – that you still want to win – for the hundredth time.Or your thoughts are in a possible future.
Worried and stressed about what may happen at work or in your relationship. Or trying to plan for every possible scenario and through that hoping to fully control the future.And the more time you spend in the future or past, the more you – in my experience – tend to also:Maybe you cannot spend all of your time in the now.