yea. i think our society conditions us to be that way. i think some of us are more that way than others.
for all the bitching i have done about my bf, i realize he has taught me some pretty good things.
one of them would be to just deal in the now. don't borrow trouble and don't get out the crystal ball.
sometimes we are waiting until the time is right to take action.
just gotta have faith that when the time comes you will know it. and accept that you will wait until the time comes.
it's about surrender and faith.

eww. stop being so sensical and rational please!

not really...

i really want to know how to live, now, and not for tomorrow. like in the 'present'. i apparently watch one to many happy ending lifetime christmas movies this weekend, but really, i want to live in NOW. and honestly, even as a kid, i don't think i ever did. always too worried about being responsible, being on time, being this, and not being that...blech. I am NO FUN!

step 1 - do something
step 2 - continue doing things

well....is
"just change" too sensical and rational?

get some spirituality....
that's what did it for me.

well... it took a bit of rough handling to get me to truly enjoy the moment, and a few near-death experiences to finally get it... and well... it really is that simple... you are right in the fact that your overthinking it... but to live today... all it takes is doing... that is the top and bottom of it... now... don't go about learning it hte same way i did... that would not be the brightest thing you could do (disclaimer - over time it is hard to keep this lesson, and it must be relearned every now and then)

i dunno, i'm a hurry up and wait kind of person myself. Sometimes when I feel every part of me racing I play the muscle game, force myself to feel my muscles working. start with my toes, really feel my toe muscles, and move up. It focuses me on something less frantic and calms me down. Doesn't help me enjoy the daisies any more but you get the idea.

I understand Maia. People say to me "you have the patience of a saint." I say "ugh, aren't they all dead?" I too am a waiter, but I try to make myself do things - even if I don't want to. And it really is making myself do it sometimes that makes the difference.

there is a time for action and a time for inaction. relax and let the flow take you. stop trying to control everything in and around you. just let go. seriously. practice opposites.

afloat... are you a taoist?

I was thinking about a few weeks ago. The time we spend waiting for a time to come and while we are waiting time is passing. I feel that sometimes we don't see or appreciate how precious time is. We just dont know how much we have to keep living-like they say 'like there is no tomorrow'

I've always been a waiter, too. Always felt that I had been blessed with so much, but not given any opportunity to be useful...always felt I was a waste. I always thought, "Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe when I do this that or the other."

So I read something this week that felt like a spiritual two by four whacked me upside the head!

"To work out one's salvation is not to sit idly by dreaming and yearning for God miraculously to thrust bounteous blessings into our laps. It is to perform daily, hourly, momentarily, if necessary, the immediate task or duty as hand and to continue happily in such performance as the years come and go, leaving the fruits of such labors either for self or for others to be bestowed as a just and beneficent Father may determine." David O. McKay

It's all about gratitude...going with the flow...living in the moment...like a child.

Salvation...recovery...whatever you want to call it.

I'm trying so hard to live in the moment...I'm trying to concentrate only on what I'm doing at the moment. I hope to learn...and to live.

Thanks for everything offered...
How do you live in the moment, like a child yet still take care of business? That is my struggle I guess. I so wish I could give a crap about getting on a bill collector's list or the lights being shut off and go off 'playing' and have fun..I really do, but I can not.
Arg. Life is nuts! ;o)

that is the proper question to ask... and well... it is a matter of finding balance, and a delicate one... but definitely worth it.

Living like a child does not mean being irresponsible.
If you observe children, you'll see that they live w/ joy in their hearts and in that very moment. They cannot see beyond that. They naturally feel things to the fullest and then let it go (happiness, excitment frustration ect.) It's awesome and the most spirtual thing I've seen.
I see this in my girls and they are my greatest teachers.
Maia- I think you need to get out of your head. If you let things go a little I think you'll find that things start to happen with not so much effort on your part. Not all things can be controlled. Have faith that the universe can handle some of these issues. Have faith that you will be ok.
Blessings to you sweets

jimmy, what's a taoist? ha.
yep. i'm down with the eastern religion/philosophy thang.
i have my own custom blend of spirituality. it works for me. take the best of the majors, a bit of the minors,some of the ancient greeks and romans, throw in some jung and vanzant.
that's me.