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Joseph Bernard, Ph.D. spent 35 years as a mental health professional and is now a writer & personal consultant. He’s on a mission to expand people’s minds and open their hearts to inspire a peaceful, compassionate world. Visit www.explorelifeblog.com and sign up for his free e-book, Spirited Living.

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50 Amazing Gifts from Living In The Now

“If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.” ~Thich Nhat Hahn

Recently something truly amazing happened. I was sitting at the beach feeling the warm winds, taking in the gleaming blue Pacific. It was the time of day when the sunlight turns the ocean into waves of sparkling radiance.

The beauty touched me deeply. In that appreciation of the moment, something shifted inside me. I became so present that my identity of self dissolved into the background.

I was not only in the universe, but the universe was now in me.

As I write …