The Moment Isn’t the Problem

Learning to stop fighting what’s not actually fighting you.

Sometimes I catch myself spiraling—not because something is wrong, but because I’m worried that something might go wrong. Or I’m annoyed that the present moment doesn’t feel the way I think it should.

But as Michael A. Singer writes in Living Untethered:

“One of the most amazing things you will ever realize is that the moment in front of you is not bothering you—you are bothering yourself about the moment in front of you.”

That hit me.

We often confuse what is happening with what we’re telling ourselves about what’s happening.

The moment is rarely the enemy—our resistance to it is.

So today, I’m breathing. Letting the moment be what it is. And choosing not to bother myself about it.

Thanks for the reminder, Gus.

Resources:

📖 Living Untethered by Michael A. Singer

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