Day 2 - Living in the Moment or Trying To

Posted on February 5, 2010 12:00:00am, by Gerrianne Clare

 Day 2 - Living in the Moment is easier for me when I am on vacation..  There are no plans, no schedules.  Just being able to be with the fresh ocean air, the blue skies and the sensations that are going on in my body keeps me grounded in the present moment. 

Did I keep my commitment to tuning into my body with my breath a minimum of 8 times during the day? 

I am now asking myself, why did I commit to doing this?

It seems a bit silly, talking about my life and what it means for me to tune into my body and live in the moment. This morning I even contemplated deleting the last 3 blogs and writing something else.  

Then I asked myself, why did you commit writing this?  When I wrote the original blog three days ago, I did this for the sole reason of outlining my journey of trying to live more in the present moment. I thought by being real and telling the truth about my challenges you would get to know me, realize that I do not have it all handled in my life, and that living in the moment means developing awareness of what is going on around you now.  I also know I was totally in my head and ego when I wrote this.  I was trying to do IT right.  Hopefully, this will begin to change. 
 
I develop awareness of the present moment through my breath, tuning into my physical sensations, my thoughts, my feelings and my desires. 

In this moment:  

 My physical sensations:  I notice some butterflies in my stomach.  My thoughts include what I wrote earlier as well as the belief that when I first wrote this, I was totally in my head and not connected with me and my intention  for doing the work I do.  My feelings are that I am excited about pushing through this. I am also grateful for all of the life lessons I have had that have helped me develop this awareness.  My desires are that I live more in the moment and share the challenges of doing this with you.  I also hope that you share your journey with me and others so we can all grow and learn together.  Living in the moment is a way of being many people are trying to accomplish.  By outlining my journey, I hope I give people permission to find their own way of accomplishing this.
 
My commitment is that I keep checking in with myself.  I am also committing to pushing myself to be in the moment and not in my head about what I am doing with this blog.
I hope to be able to post a blog tomorrow and Sunday but we are travelling and it may be challenging to post. it to the site.  However, I will write the blogs and post them to the site as soon as I can
 
.Let me know how you are doing on your journey of "Living in the moment".
 
Take care.
Gerrianne

 

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