Tag: presence

• These Days

  It may not seem like it now, but someday you will look back and these will be the times that you miss.

  Things can always get better than they are right now and they can always get worse, but they will never be the same.

  You do not get this time back.

  Make the most of it.

  No matter how difficult, challenging, or painful this moment is, embrace it and cherish it.

  If life is going well, if you are comfortable, and things seem easy, do not take that for granted.

  Take it all in.

  Give everything you’ve got.

  Do not look away and allow your life to pass by before your eyes.

  Lean into the moment and live your life with intention.

  Make living with purpose your purpose.

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  July 13, 2023

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• All You Can Do

  You will not always know how to help the people you love or care about.

  The right words or actions will not always be obvious or apparent.

  In fact, sometimes there is nothing you can do to make things better or easier for them.

  But you can be present and you can be willing.

  And sometimes this is enough.

  Simply knowing you are there and that you care is something.

  It is a lot, actually.

  In fact, sometimes it is everything.

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  June 23, 2023

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• Together In The Moment

  Take time to enjoy the moments you have together because they are fleeting.

  In fact, this moment is the only moment like this that you get.

  Once it is gone, it is gone forever.

  Be present and pay attention.

  When you are together, be together.

  All of the distractions can wait.

  This moment is all that matters.

  This moment is the only truth and the only priority.

  Be here, now.

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  April 23, 2023

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• Encouraging Presence

  You cannot give someone courage, but sometimes your presence is all a person needs in order to behave courageously.

  They simply need to know, whether they win or lose, succeed or fail, that you will be by their side throughout the experience.

  The work of being courageous is theirs alone to do, but your presence can be a platform upon which they stand when they do that work and upon which they fall if they fail.

  In this way, in the truest sense of the word, your presence is an act of encouragement.

  That is to say, your presence has the ability to give someone courage they may not have been able to tap into alone.

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  April 17, 2023

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• Through The Moment

  When the destination ahead is unclear…

  When the path before us is uncertain…

  When our burdens feel too cumbersome to bear…

  When we feel too tired to go on… 

  And rest is not an option… 

  We should focus on our feet. 

  Focus on the next step forward. 

  Do the next right thing. 

  Remain in the moment. 

  Put on a smile and embrace the task at hand. 

  And if we can do this from moment to moment to moment, we may discover that our destination reveals itself…

  The path before us becomes clear…

  Our burdens become lighter… 

  Our exhaustion fades… 

  And we are given the strength to carry on.

  Because we need only take one more step. 

  ‘Through the Moment’ by Robert Van Valkenburgh

  HOLISTIC BUDO: As in Life, so too in Budo. As in Budo, so too in Life. 

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  June 25, 2022

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