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Toward the end of my run this morning, I could feel my body getting tired. In the past, I would keep myself focused on the end to pull myself through.
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Today, I chose to become intensely focused on the present. How the path alternated between streaks of sun and shade. How the leaves of the trees changed from green to yellow to orange to red in a beautiful tapestry. I noticed the weed pushing its way out of the crack in the sidewalk, how the tree that had been the choir stand of birds was now empty and silent. Before I knew it, the run was over and I had forgotten all about my tiredness.
If I had focused on the end of the run this morning, it would more than likely have taken me longer to get there and it would have felt much harder as I would be forcing myself to have the energy to keep going.
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By being in the present, I finished more quickly than I normally do, I felt relaxed and energetic at the same time, and it was much more enjoyable than it would have been had I been pushing myself.
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The same is true in life.
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When you can relieve yourself of the pressure to be further along, bring your presence to the moment and find joy in that, you will, counterintuitively, arrive more quickly and with more life than forcing it.
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This goes against so much of what society wants you to believe. All the more reason to do it.
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Your way is your way. Your path is your path. Trust that. Trust God is guiding you in His perfect timing.
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The more you can let go of the need to have it all figured out, the more you open yourself up to all the beautiful ways it will work out that you didn’t even know existed.
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That’s the power of the present, the power of the heart over the mind, the joy of wonder, the love of God.
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Just for today, let go of the future and allow yourself to experience peace knowing all is well with your soul.
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