Now is good.

For the last month I've had blogging on my mind but then kept telling myself the old adage of 'I'll do it later' except later never came, because when you live your life in the future you stop living in the present. 

In the early days when I read of successful bloggers 'taking a break' from writing I scoffed, how could they stop doing something they love? But now having taken a short sabbatical myself I realize how important it is to take your foot off the accelerator. 

As with most moments of realization in life they tend to just happen. My best friend who I rarely see due to him being a mountain guide all over the world, bought me a book recently called;

'The Power of Now,' by Eckhart Tolle. 

I sat for two hours straight devouring this book and then went through it again with a pencil underlining all the amazing quotes I knew I need to refer back to. 

'The reason people like to engage in dangerous activities (i.e. surfing), although they may not be aware of it, it forces them into the now- that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of personality.' 

It made me think of surfing instantly of how surfers tend to have this otherworldly glow about them, because they practice that mindfulness every time they get on a board. Catching waves forces you to be completely present. 

When we dwell in the past or keep our eyes fixed on the future we lose our present and invite problems into our life. How can we possibly be happy if we are constantly fixating on time? Time is an illusion, as are our problems - in a real emergency did you have time to dwell or did you just act?There are numerous examples of people doing amazing things in genuine crisis and that is because they acted in the now. 

Look around you, is the sun shining, are you doing a task at work, having a cup of tea? Prioritize what your doing right this second. If you have a bill to pay, do it now! Don't delay gratification i.e. put things off, if you have a big dream you want to accomplish remember now is the first step so your already successful! 

I am massively glossing over the complexities of the book but this is how I'm applying it to my life. 

Right now I'm writing to you and I'm enjoying every minute of that dear blog reader! I'm sat with sunshine streaming in through the window and my rabbit is running around my feet. I'm still in my PJs and have hair that needs washing but I am 100% in the now not worrying about what happens next. 

Until next time 
stay strong and surf well 
Love