The Problem with Now

The only problem we ever have with now is that it is not about us as we are defined.
We are defined by our fears and our maddening resistance to change.
That is the problem with now.

The problem with now is that it requires thoughts outside of ourselves.
Imagine it is not about you.
What would now look like when we acknowledge that it is not about us?

The problem with now for many of us is that we do not see NOW we see past.
NOW is when we need to ask ourselves, "What does the past have to do with today?"

The problem with now is that it requires that we look at ourselves for cause and not blame or depend solely on others that we feel are different than us, obligated to us, or most comfortable to us.

We drive through life most times viewing the things and people around us as the cause of what is wrong with now.

We put them as a problem in the view scope and as the object in front of us.
We grab blame energy instead of motivation and inspiration from things.

We trip over them, perhaps slow down and attribute our crawl and/or freeze to them or even run into them instead.

Now, we view these people and things as a hindrance to our progress as much as they are the reasons why we should do things.

Now requires that we look solely at ourselves and realize that the drag of our soul's engines is due to the fact that we are moving along with our emergency brakes on.

Emergency brakes exist to help keep things safe and often from moving forward.
They are only to be applied when the decision is made to stay still.

Our slow progress in the now is not about how strong or fast another person's engine revs or moves them along.

Now is about checking the parts of our personal makeup and making sure they are high performance, maintained and fully functioning.

Hopefully we can manage through with full grace knowing the power we hold now.