Tag: the present

we’re expecting

this post was written a while back. somehow i forgot about it. maybe now was a better time to post it.

i went on a walk today with a friend. i traveled, not far, to a whole other world: different weather, different people, different things to look at take photos of, a different rose garden. it was delightful.

On our walk the topic of living in the present came up (as it often does for me). one thing that stood out from this particular variation on the same conversation I’ve been having for ~147 days was the idea that when we aren’t able to “live in the present” we close ourselves off to the outside opportunities that our living present is manufacturing in real-time. we are more focused on an intended (or expected) outcome that we then close ourselves off to all other options. sure, that preconceived outcome may suit our needs at that time. but is it the best one? or is it the easiest one? the other outcomes may involve adversity, or humility, or work, but ultimately my experience my friends and my experiences have been that going with the flow tends to produce a better end product. whatever it ends up being, we won’t be happy with it because we were so focused on it, so sure of what it would be, before it even happened.

it’s generally best to set realistic expectations. not necessarily low. just realistic.

bonus round: don’t set any expectations at all

i have a love/hate relationship with poorly executed inspirational messages
disguised as memes.

lost

today at 3:36 pm pacific time Jupiter moved into Pisces. i’m told this is a good thing.

themes:

  • psychic and intuitive development
  • spiritually motivated traveling
  • increase in meditation or prayer
  • collective compassion & empathy
  • dreamwork or astral projection groups

right around 3:36 pm pacific time i started to feel spent. stretched. empty. am i just tired? was it a long morning? am i being annoyingly contrarian?

hype: it bothers me. i get it when it’s for something that’s actually proven quality or somehow provides an authentic/genuine improvement to one’s life. but that’s probably why i’m not an early adopter. i do feel, though, that i’m perhaps early majority because new definitely excites me and i’ve purchased some wackadoo shit in my time.

Credit: Jurgen Apello

maybe i have FOMO on all the folks high-fiving about all this Jupiter business. living their best in-Pisces lives. i’m just not feeling super plugged in at the moment. i’m really the only one that can address that but it’s easier to just think someone else will hand “psychic and intuitive development” over to me on a silver platter. that’s really what i want. if we’re honest.

but, brass tacks: if i want to nurture any such abilities, or increase my collective compassion & empathy, i have to look within. which also means i have to be alright with what’s going on in this moment. i have to be able to be grounded, self-aware, centered, at peace in order to be able to feel the outside vibes more intensley.

i have to be alright with the now. i have to be alright with who i am now. i have to be alright with where i am now. i have to understand that now is the destination of the past, and the starting point of the future. and out of those things, now is the only one i can control (even that is arguable… but let’s not, ok?).

first post: done. hopefully it’s alright.