Ikigai Thought for Today: Being Present
Three things you can do today to live into your Ikigai.
Audio narration by David Marlow
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, hurt, 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—being strict with your present self.
3: Be open, creative, and flexible with your future self.
I find number 1 the hardest one. How is it that it is so hard to unlearn to be hard on ourselves?
Absolutely David. The Sacrament of the Present Moment. Right here. Right now.