It’s a Matter of Degrees


You are on a path.  Whether you feel successful or frustrated and stuck – you are exactly where you are, on your path.

If you are successful, you are thinking of where you want to go next.  If you are frustrated, you are thinking of where you want to go next.  In either case, you’re looking forward and forgetting that this moment is perfect for what it is.  You are forgetting that you have achieved some of your goals in getting to this point.

For perspective, let’s look back 2 years.  There is no question that you have advanced.  In some way you are absolutely more advanced (and thus successful) than you were then.

2 years ago you were on your path.  Right now, you are on your path.  2 years in the future you will be on your path.  You need this moment to see where to go next.  Where you are going next starts in this moment right here.

“Here and now” is only a few degrees of separation from “there and then” and can only be affected right now.

Posted on Monday, April 12th, 2010 at 11:30 pm and filed under Life.
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5 Responses to “It’s a Matter of Degrees”

  1. Greg Dodge Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 6:44 am

    Mr E. Tolle will be proud as well….. awesome Ben..Keep ‘em coming…Greg

  2. Peter Crowell Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 8:52 am

    Currently struggling to maintain the perspective you describe so perfectly here.

    Thanks for the reminder!

  3. mud Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    Yes… read… and repeat…

    I used to revisit this notion on special days like New Years and birthdays and graduations. Now I have gotten better at doing it much more often.

    I take a moment to appreciate where I am, which is someplace I wouldn’t be, without everything that came before it, and that will inherently effect where I go in the future. And yet where that is I won’t know until I get there, and I get back to this moment of appreciation where I look back in awe and amazement and look forward with anticipation for the unknown opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

    This moment of appreciation is nothing less then extraordinary.

  4. Ben Coe Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    mud- Well said!
    Peter- I am in the same place. Always reminding myself of the current successes.
    Greg – Thanks again!

  5. Sandy Xuan | Conscious Journal Says:
    May 4th, 2010 at 7:52 am

    Live in the moment, not always hurry for the next big thing, savor the present, every moment is moment of life.
    This is the message I was reminded through your lovely post, Ben :)