Dear Anita,

After I read this post, I did a small exercise with my thoughts. I asked myself what do I imagine about. When I imagine, I think of past situations and how future situations will pan out. Invariably the thoughts say that it will be just as the past has been. I made a column where I put my thoughts on the past in the 1st, thoughts on the future in the 2nd and the present in the 3rd.

I must say I couldn’t figure out what to do with the column in the present. It was blank; there were no thoughts in the present. None of the situations I was thinking of was a reality in the present. This exercise gave me a sense of freedom and a renewed interest in living the present moment to the full.

A life well lived in the present, mindfully, paves a way for a well cared for future.

Thank you for this stimulation.