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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 698817" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Jodie, I'm so glad you had a drama-free weekend. Who ever thought we would all be so grateful for the absence of something...like drama...and the presence of simple peace? </p><p></p><p>I found, as I was recovering from enabling, that I would "borrow trouble." I'd think: Well, yes, today is better but what about tomorrow?</p><p></p><p>Once again, I was not living in this moment, this day, this hour...which is truly all we ever have anyway?</p><p></p><p>Waking up to the idea that serenity, joy, contentment, peace and happiness come from this: Living in the moment, was almost an over-simplification for me. I rejected it because it seemed...too simple. </p><p></p><p>But then, as I began to think about it...write about it...pray about it...read about it...meditate about it...focus on it more and more and more, the more I realized that it IS a very simple concept...but also very hard to practice continuously. It takes the work to keep the focus on...right now. Without the work, we slip into the past or into the future---two places we don't need to spend time in---because it's either already done---the past---or we have no idea what will happen---the future. </p><p></p><p>Good things can happen in the future too...not just bad things.</p><p></p><p>I pray you have more peace right now. You can enjoy this...very...moment...right now...more and more and more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 698817, member: 17542"] Jodie, I'm so glad you had a drama-free weekend. Who ever thought we would all be so grateful for the absence of something...like drama...and the presence of simple peace? I found, as I was recovering from enabling, that I would "borrow trouble." I'd think: Well, yes, today is better but what about tomorrow? Once again, I was not living in this moment, this day, this hour...which is truly all we ever have anyway? Waking up to the idea that serenity, joy, contentment, peace and happiness come from this: Living in the moment, was almost an over-simplification for me. I rejected it because it seemed...too simple. But then, as I began to think about it...write about it...pray about it...read about it...meditate about it...focus on it more and more and more, the more I realized that it IS a very simple concept...but also very hard to practice continuously. It takes the work to keep the focus on...right now. Without the work, we slip into the past or into the future---two places we don't need to spend time in---because it's either already done---the past---or we have no idea what will happen---the future. Good things can happen in the future too...not just bad things. I pray you have more peace right now. You can enjoy this...very...moment...right now...more and more and more. [/QUOTE]
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