More on present moment
Submitted by Ford Prefect on January 10 2001 17:05:21
In reply to Savoring the moment! Poll if you will submitted by Huck Finn on January 08 2001 19:55:55
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From Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not a waiting passivity until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand. |
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