Being Present
Three things you can do today to live into your Ikigai.
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Ikigai is about living into our purpose, as our most authentic selves, in every area of our lives.
🌱 This requires learning to be present.
Whether we are focusing on the past; disappointments, failures, or hurts, or worrying about the future, we aren’t being present, living, and focusing on this moment.
This thought from C.S. Lewis provides some clues as to how to be more present, it is also one of the most healing and redemptive statements I've ever read…
“We can never know what might have been but what is to come is another matter entirely."
This is about redeeming the past, and being mindful in the present while creating the future.
🌀 Reflection:
Here are three things you can do today to start being more present.
1: Live in grace, and be forgiving of your past self.
2: Focus, be strict with your present self.
3: Be open, creative, and flexible with your future self.
David - I love these words "Live in grace, and be forgiving of your past self". This advice was not given to me as a child and I am only growing into now; I would love to save my children (ages 8 and 6) from the same lengthy reframing of their inner voice years down the road by establishing this perspective now (relatively). Do you have any ideas, words, exercises that you do with your grand-kids to help them cultivate their inner grace and self-compassion?
Cheers
~DJR