So, I was driving along earlier in the week and thinking about what I could possibly write about for my next blog. This blog, in fact. Then I thought to myself, something is going to happen in this moment that will trigger a topic. It might be something I’m listening to, something that I see, something that prompts an idea or a thought. Guess what happened? My focus on the magic in the moment is the reason I’m writing this blog.
Ironically, I was listening to an audio at the time. The speaker was talking about a moment that changed his life. In that moment, it was a sign that he saw that simply stated, ‘today is the first day of the rest of your life’. In that very moment, he said, he stopped focusing on the past and his previous mistakes and started focusing on what he could do in that moment to create a better future.
Would you agree, that’s pretty incredible? As I was thinking about finding something in the moment to trigger an idea for a blog, a speaker was talking about something that happened in a moment that changed his life forever? Wow. The power of our mind and what we can attract when we focus on the right thoughts and the magic that’s in every single moment.
Tragically, I have missed so many of the moments in my life. Too busy stressing, putting out fires, worried about what I should’ve done, what I need to do, what I don’t like, what I wish was different, and all the other rubbish I was allowing to occupy my mind at that time of my life. What I didn’t realise was that the answer to all of my challenges lay in the magic of the very moment I was in.
All the things that I was stressing about could’ve been solved in an instant by changing my perspective. All the fires I was trying to put out could’ve been resolved in a heartbeat, by focusing on a simple solution. All the things I was worried I should’ve done, could’ve been answered in that moment by starting to do them. All the things I was thinking that I needed to do, could’ve been transformed in that moment by thinking that I got to do them. All the things I was focused on that I didn’t like, could’ve very quickly been changed in the magic of the moment by focusing on what I do like. All the things that I wished were different in my life, could’ve been changed in a heartbeat by focusing on exactly what I was able to do in that very moment.
The moment is the only time you and I have. It’s the only time you and I will ever have. It’s the only time when things can change. It’s the only time when we can use our past as a blessing and as a teacher. It’s the only time when we can take action to predictably ensure a future that we love. It’s the only time to be grateful. It’s the only time to show love and care for others. It’s the only time to take action. It’s the only time that will make any difference. It’s the time when magic happens. In this moment.
What are you focused on? What are you worried about? What do you wish was different? No matter what the challenge, the struggle, the adversity, or the situation, it can be solved in a place where magic happens. That is, in the moment.
In my wonderful podcast conversations this week, my guests and I talk about this very kind of magic that happens in the moment. I speak with Dr. Glenn Toby in a podcast called The story, not the glory, and with Gretchen Schoser, in a podcast called Laugh, love, and live. The conversations are full of ideas and tips to help make the most of the magic that is in every moment.
Life can be so complicated if we let it. On the other hand, it can be incredibly simple, meaningful, and enjoyable. The secret is to focus on the magic of the moment.