In the book Liz is talking about presence. She makes the point that people are always looking into the future and never actually present in the now, which I sincerely agree with. It's like when you get to a beautiful new place and you end up saying, staring off into the yellow skyline "I want to come back her someday". You are here now, you don't need to plan a future trip just yet when you are standing in the fresh mountain air at that very moment. You are there, you are present and all you can think about is coming back someday. It is just mind boggling how people can get so wrapped up in the future they forget about the present. I will admit that happens to me quite often and I have to take a step back and tell my self to slow down. I am so ready to be an adult and live on my own I am letting some of the best years of my life pass me by. I don't want to sound cliche but at the same time I don't want to regret anything. I wish it was easier sometimes to just stay present, be 100% in the now, enjoying whats going on at this very second. I feel like if humans were more like that things about be a whole lot easier, and wouldn't move at such an alarming place. Sometimes you just have to stop and smell the roses. Appreciate whats right in front of you instead of dreaming of a distant future where things are very different.
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