Being in the present brought a completely new meaning to me the other day when I was driving in a dense fog.
I had to drive for about an hour to reach a certain destination. This is a place that I drive to often but I was unable to see beyond perhaps about six feet ahead of me. The fog was on a mission that day, it enveloped my car, descended on the roads, embraced the trees and made visibility almost obscure. A certain insecurity crept inside of me, fear gripped my nerves..panic thoughts started battling with me.
I desperately hung on to the wheel like I was falling and that was the one branch that would save me from crashing, but I wasn’t.
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Au contraire, suddenly everything became unusually clear to me.
In the fog I found all my bearings.
All at once, I had access to all my senses. Any other day I drive on automatic mode and reach the destination without even knowing how I got there..today I actually saw the curves of the road, the slight uphill or the minor turns, the stop sign with a bit of a dent, I was able to gauge the distance in time…I could smell the fog, the sweet fragrance of ocean entrapped vapor. I was able to hear the cars behind me or in front of me, I felt my mind totally engaged with the driving (because I had to be) ..but in a way it was exhilarating, it was freeing because actually at that moment, the moment was all that mattered.
At that very moment nothing mattered but the drive but encompassed in the drive was the destination and the journey.
Life does not have to be foggy in order to be clear in the present moment. But the present moment can be current in everything you do. The present encapsulates all around awareness..the past, present and future all existing in one infinite moment.
Hope you have a beautiful day full of miracles, insights and joy.
Adwiti Subba Haffner
www.alivewithadwiti.com
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