Enough For Now

“Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself.” -Eckhart Tolle

“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” -Lao Tzo

“The now is not as empty as it might appear to be—or that we fear it may be. Try to realize that everything that we really need is right here, right now…When we’re doing life right, it means nothing more than it is right now, because God is always in this moment in an accepting and non-blaming way. When we are able to experience that, taste it, and enjoy it, we don’t need to hold on to it nor are we afraid to let go of it. The next moment will have its own taste and enjoyment.

Because our moments are not tasted—or full—or real—or in the Presence—we are never fulfilled and there is never enough. We then create artificial fullness and distractions and try to pass time or empty time with that. God is either in this now or God isn’t in it at all. “This moment is as perfect as it can be” used to be a mantra we would repeat at the community of New Jerusalem in Cincinnati, Ohio.” -Richard Rohr

You don’t need to know what’s next.

You just need to focus on what’s now.

The now is enough.