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Achieving personal growth in the only timeframe that counts June 29, 2018

Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Living in the Now.
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Most of us, for whatever reason, tend to dwell inordinately on the past and on the future while not investing equivalent emotional and intellectual energy in today, the only day that counts.

A tendency that seems to be an inescapable characteristic of the human condition.

And yet, if we look metaphorically at past, present, and future as being either open or closed portals to our personal growth, it is clear that:

Yesterday is totally closed to any possible transactions.

Tomorrow is also closed, or more accurately, not yet open for any actions.

But today, with its many positive possibilities, is open now for action and accomplishment.

So, why do we expend so much energy in the timeframes in which we can’t actually do anything?

Dennis Mellersh

Personal growth: Understanding the importance of “Now” May 7, 2018

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When President Abraham Lincoln was struggling along with his administration’s cabinet with the many critical problems facing the United States during the Civil War, Lincoln apparently had great difficulty getting his cabinet members to focus consistently on the present, on the “Now.”

As portrayed in the movie Lincoln, the President at one point became so frustrated with his cabinet’s bickering about future “what if’s” and past “if only’s” that he slammed his hand on the conference table and exclaimed:

“I can’t listen to any more of this…

Now!…Now! …Now!

See what is before you…

See the here and now. That’s the hardest thing…the only thing that accounts.”

The concept of Now can’t be said much better.

Here’s the link to the movie clip: