by Merci Gracia | Mar 4, 2021 | Perfection of What Is, Present moment
The wealthy comprehend it, the famous understand it and powerful people can confirm it — nothing you have or do will make you happy if you’re not already okay inside. All the comfort, attention and goodies in the world can’t erase inner suffering....
by Merci Gracia | Jan 22, 2021 | 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 | Dec 24, 2020 | Present moment
Life is so precious and fragile. Our time here is fleeting. This is never so obvious as it is when something unexpected happens to us or a loved one. When we develop a regular practice of loving and forgiving ourselves and others, we maximize our appreciation of life...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 6, 2020 | Present moment
Whether our fear concerns family, career, finances or the condition of the world, it creates the same psychological and physiological results. We live this imagined experience over and over again as if it’s real until we’re so stressed that we can’t...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 4, 2020 | Present moment
What if this was our last day on Earth? What if, when we say goodbye to someone, we’ll never see them again? What if this is the last time we take out the trash, mow the lawn, run the bothersome errand or have to endure another conversation with that person?...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 3, 2020 | Present moment
There are many reasons to be present and focus our attention in the now. We worry less, miss less, complain less and regret less when we devote ourselves to the people, places and possibilities in the moment we’re actually in rather than some nostalgic or...