Living in the Moment.
I'm constantly reminded to live in the moment and yet actually doing so is not such a simple task. Most recently, my favorite yoga instructor (for his focus on practical - rather than spiritual - goals) began his class with a story about his brother who, he explained, spends way too much time dwelling on historically fraught relationships rather than experiencing the present. He advised us (the class) to use the next hour to avoid distraction and live in the moment. (I failed, btw, quite miserably.) Then, on The Big C (fiction, I know, but nevertheless), Cathy Jameson (Laura Linney) attended a retreat hosted by a beautiful, bubbly cancer survivor (played by Susan Sarandon, of course) whose sole purpose was to teach these exhausted, worn out fellow survivors to see what's in front of them instead of behind. Fiction, perhaps, but a message based on our tendency to ignore what's truly in front of us, a practice we could all probably benefit from if only for, well, a brief moment. Enjoy!
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In the moment? Poppycock! I only have one question: Was Susan Sarandon bald? Because that's 'a moment' I never want to relive, bubbles or no ;-))
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