Now

"Time is Now"

Funny how many of us get lost by focusing on our past or on our future. Many believe we are defined by our past or alternately the super-achievers believe we are defined by our future goals.

The reality is that the only time that exists is now. Time as we conceive it as "past" or "future" only exists as a figment of our imagination.

Past memories is a tool our mind uses to store our experiences of now in the memory banks of our mind. Without it we couldn't analyze and learn from our past experiences. But the intention is just that -- to learn from our past experiences so we can choose to be the best person we can be here and now in the present.

Unfortunately, our mind can (if left unchecked) obsess on those past stored experiences and have the exact opposite affect on our lives. The mind can repeatedly focus on our past experiences allowing us to relive those previous moments in time again and again in our mind leading us to believe we are our past. Our belief drives our current reality. Because we focus and experience that past in our mind repeatedly, we believe we are that past -- and our belief becomes our reality. And we stay in that vicious merry-go-round acting the same way we did in the past when put in similar situations.

This leads to those classic sayings like, "a leopard nevers loses its spots", and "you can take the boy out of the getto, but you can never take the getto out of the boy". Which are of course a load of crap.

Get off the crazy mind merry-go-round. There is only one moment in time -- hear and now. The present.

Future is a similar imaginary concept that exists exclusively in our mind. Type-A driven personalities like to use it to focus the mind on future goals. But it too only exists in our imagination. Please don't get me wrong -- goal setting is a valuable tool in cementing our belief of who we are and who we choose to be. Strictly focusing on our future specific goals can get us obsessed and loose track of the hear and now.

Also, believing that the goal is a future event means we believe we don't have it yet. And our belief is our reality. So, it can in fact have an opposite affect if we aren't careful. The strength in future goal setting is to see the goal clearly in our mind to strengthen our belief that the goal is part of us now. The goal already exists. With that belief, your reality will catch up to your belief.

You were created in the image of God (please replace with Allah, One Mind, the Father, great univeral enrergy, or the term that best represents our creator to you). God is the creator, and you are also a creator. You create your reality here on earth based on your belief. Your belief is your reality.

Believe you're weak, poor, dumb, dull, a bad parent, or a terrible spouse. Or believe you're strong, rich, smart, a loving parent, and an incredible spouse. Either way your right. Your belief is your reality.

See past and future for what they are; tools in your mind to build your belief of who you are and who you choose to be in the only real moment in time -- NOW.