by Merci Gracia | Dec 21, 2015 | Present moment
Our mental chatter keeps us so distracted thinking of the past or worrying about the future, that the present moment is often just an unappreciated blur. We spend our time zoned out in our own mental constructs of those other times. If we stop and actually listen to...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 11, 2015 | Present moment
Life is short, but it zips by even more quickly when we’re not paying attention. While we’re busy trying to accomplish and acquire, we forget that the only time we can ever really be satisfied is NOW. If we’re distracted by planning or trying to get...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 23, 2015 | Present moment
The daily diet of images portraying beautiful people with ideal lives can keep us living with a constant feeling of lack, trying to be more, do more and have more. It can cause us to compulsively strive for perfection in every part of our existence. With this...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 3, 2015 | Present moment
Rehashing past relationships, wrongs and wreckages won’t bring relief. You can’t re-do the conditions that caused the present. If you want to feel better, you have to improve your vibration in the now. The way to get there is to be totally present. As you...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 26, 2015 | Present moment
So much of life is spent striving, we hardly notice we’re doing it. Chasing after more keeps our attention on what we don’t have and prevents us from enjoying all that we do have. It’s a socially sanctioned, yet insidious habit that plagues us no...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 18, 2015 | Present moment
Ah, to be a handsome, successful and rich movie star, socialize with the glitterati and do whatever you want! George Clooney may seem to have it all, but even he has problems. He has good days and bad ones just like you. His highs may seem more glamorous, but the law...