Recently I heard of a cool image for staying in the moment.
It was told to me by someone who had heard it at an OA meeting and very much liked the image. She said that staying in the moment was a lot like swinging on a trapeze- you may have aspirations of grabbing the next trapeze as it comes along, but your real job is to concentrate only on holding on to the trapeze you're holding onto at the moment.
If you get too far ahead of yourself, preoccupied with the next trapeze, you'll prematurely let go of the one you're on at the moment... and down you'll go. Similarly, if you get stuck focusing on the trapeze you previously were just on before this current one, you'll get into trouble also.
No matter what your plan for the future is, you really do have to staying in the moment, firmly attached to the current trapeze you're swinging on.
Then, once it's time to grab hold of the next trapeze, when being in the moment means it's time to transition to the next one, then and only then should you let go of the current trapeze and grab onto the next one.
Hope I'm explaining it decently! Pretty good image...
Yes this is a good one!
Posted by: Super Egg | July 14, 2010 at 08:21 PM
Okay, having done trapeze before, I sort of agree. You definitely cannot let go of one bar before the next one is there for you. Obviously, timing has to be perfect, but you do have to think about about the next move. So, you're sort of in the moment, but you still have to be thinking about your next move.
Posted by: PTC | July 15, 2010 at 07:03 AM