Mary O’Malley – I invite you to take a moment right now and let it all go – the past, the future – all the stories in your head – and simply be present for this moment. See it, feel it, hear it, breathe it. This moment is all that matters because the last moment is gone and the next one isn’t here yet. Take a minute and see if you can be fully here, right now, in this moment.
This moment is your home, the only place where you can have direct contact with life. Most of us, most of the time, are far away from home. But this isn’t cause for despair. In this schoolroom of the heart that is your life, it seems that you need to take this journey into the stories in your head, into trying to do life rather than be life, before you can come back home. Many of us are now on the journey home, awakening into the phenomenal power of being. Moments here and there of simply recognizing what is showing up in and around you – using your mind to connect with reality rather than always trying to create a reality – are powerful beyond your wildest imagination.
That is why I set aside time every day to simply open to Life. I do it by sitting, closing my eyes and bringing my attention to whatever is arising in that moment, inviting my mind to be curious and attentive. Connecting with my life in this way opens me back into the safety and the clarity of being present for life.