presence

What does presence mean to you? 

For me, it’s keeping my mind focused on being right here, right now, at this moment… and then this moment… and then this moment, too. 

From Eckardt Tolle in The Power of Now, “Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry- all forms of fear- are caused by too much future and not enough presence. 

Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.”

The future has yet to come; cross those bridges when you get there. 

The past has already happened; what’s done is done.  

photo of a river with trees, mountains, blue sky, and clouds. The word "presence" is overlaid in the sky.