Day 1054: Here and Now

The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally

In therapy and in this blog, I invite people to be in the here and now.

Here and now, I’ll try to explain why that is.

If we focus our attention on the present,  we can

• appreciate the gifts of the moment,
• be less overwhelmed,
• be more aware of what we can control,
• let go of regrets about the past,
• reduce fear about the future (which is unknown), and
• identify achievable next steps.

Being in the here and now isn’t easy. It takes practice, commitment, and vigilance  to gently refocus our attention — which wanders  to the future, the past, all over the place —  to the present moment.

Are you with me?  Are you here and now?  Or are you thinking about

• what’s already happened (which you can’t change),
• what might happen (or might not), and
• other places?

Here, now, are some photos presently on my phone:

Here, now…

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