“We Love it Here!”

We all love it here - Tompkin's Sq. Park on a Sunday summer afternoon

“Your life is right now! It’s not later! It’s not in that time of retirement. It’s not when the lover gets here… Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now because it’s not ever going to get better than right now – until it gets better right now!”  –  Abraham

We all suffer from the “when my ship comes in syndrome.”  We live in a goal oriented, insurance run world that keeps selling us on futures, convincing us that we’ll be happy once we buy or achieve this, that or the other thing. Our happiness is often short-lives as we proceed to wanting somethings else, as well we should. Desire is what makes the universe expand – it’s what we were put here to do.

How can we enjoy our “now” when things are not ideal ( the bank account is low, we don’t like our  jobs and aren’t happy with our relationships) ? How does enjoying ‘Now” set us up for the fulfillment of our desires?  A paradox?

The only reason we ever want anything is that we think it will make us feel good. And the best way to be a vibrational match for something that will make us feel good is to FEEL GOOD NOW.

Appreciation and gratitude are fail proof tools for feeling good and flexing our manifestation muscle. They are to manifesting what curls are to bi-ceps.

Last summer I went on a pilgrimage walk in France. I walked for 11 days and stayed in a different hostel each night – all as unique as the villages, hosts and fellow pilgrims I met at each spot. My friend and I developed and cultivated a mantra that we said upon arriving at each new place: “WE LOVE IT HERE!” And we did. We looked around and found things to love – always. I have continued the tradition and this summer when I spent 10 days in NYC (my home town) and 10 days on a little island in northwestern Maine – I said I LOVE IT HERE, everywhere. And I did.

When “I love it here” where ever I am, I know that wonderful places will be the geography of my life. It’s another version of “I am on good terms with my now” (Eckhart Tolle). It’s the best way I know to ensure that I will continue to invite and allow the fulfillment of my desires. My enjoyment of here and now sets the stage for life to continue to flow abundantly, full of all I hold dear.  BE HERE AND NOW!