The secret to an increased level of contentment and peacefulness is to live in the present, see the good in the moment, embrace the “is.”
The current is has the best fizz.
One of my favorite is’s today was a sip of espresso this morning. Sip pause, swallow —- “Ah.” And hold.
They say “seize the day.” Usually we wrestle the hour, but I say unto you sit in the second.
When we arrived at the top of the Coronado bay bridge today the Pacific opened up in front of us with clear views all the way out to the Coronado Islands — halcyon, blue sea, silvery shimmery expanse, Coronado red tile roof tops aglow, green palms lining the white beaches, puffy clouds above in a brilliant azure sky.
I sat in the second. Seized it. “Gorgeous world! I love you!” It is still with me.
To live inside the here — gawk, clap, hoot and cheer!
Take a moment now. Close your eyes. Take a long slow deep breath’s. Imagine the most beautiful things you saw today. Those were today’s beautiful moments of “is.”
Now open your eyes and gawk, see clearly what’s near you — perhaps someone you love, perhaps the view through the window, perhaps a piece of art in your home, perhaps your precious hands.
Hug the now; kiss the “Wow!; take a vow.
Take a vow to banish what is negative, for even just a moment, banish the negative past and negative present too, and also refuse the future that scares you, even just for a moment, and wrap your mental arms around what is in front of you, what is real, what is good.
That is your reality if you let it be.
Fools drink a case of was; the wise drink up a lake of is.
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:8
Thrive! 