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Lauxa · 06-01-2008, 01:55 PM

Your post brought my attention to my current personal mantra: Be here now.

It's not a mission as in goals and values, but it's pretty powerful. Nothing that has happened in the past and nothing that might happen in the future can bother me if I can just remember to be here now.

The only problem with writing all these goals/character traits that you want to accomplish is that what if you fall short? Then do you beat yourself up? That would be expending extra negative energy over something you cannot change and making war on what is. It is good and fine to have goals that motivate you, but if you attach your happiness to them then there will be suffering.

06-01-2008, 01:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Lauxa Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,545	Your post brought my attention to my current personal mantra: Be here now. It's not a mission as in goals and values, but it's pretty powerful. Nothing that has happened in the past and nothing that might happen in the future can bother me if I can just remember to be here now. The only problem with writing all these goals/character traits that you want to accomplish is that what if you fall short? Then do you beat yourself up? That would be expending extra negative energy over something you cannot change and making war on what is. It is good and fine to have goals that motivate you, but if you attach your happiness to them then there will be suffering.