I'D RATHER BE HERE NOW..

For years my mind was someplace else - Trying to rewrite the past and worrying about what might happen next. Often catastrophizing and keeping myself in the constant state of fear.

I kept hearing about mindfulness and meditation might help with something they were calling the "Monkey-mind", something I could definitely relate to.

I heard things like, "Just concentrate on your breath". It made sense to me that this might eventually help me, but it certainly took a lot of practice.

After some time of this practice, I began having some interesting experiences...pretty incredible to me anyway.

One evening while I was sitting and focusing on my breath, something unusual happened' I started getting the sense that I wasn't inside my body anymore.

It felt as if I had become part of an ocean witnessing my thoughts, watching them from somewhere deeper and quieter. The thoughts were still there, but they felt far away and no longer had a hold on me.

It probably only lasted a split second, but in that moment I knew I had found something that could help.

So now I try to practice mindfulness as much as possible .I want to live in the power of the moment- the place where real change and transformation actually happen.

But like most people, it sometimes feels like i have as built-in forgetter. The mind drifts.... the stories return.... and before I know it I'm somewhere else again.

I started to notice how helpful it would be if there were little reminders around me- something that could gently bring me back to the moment and remind me : I'd Rather Be Here Now.

....And then another thought came to me.

How incredible it could be if we could all remind each other ?

If more of us lived together in this moment.. right here.... Right Now.

Wouldn't you Rather Be Here Now too ?