I spent this morning at the Holistic World Expo. Some other coaches (life coaches, relationship coaches, stop-smoking coaches) had invited me to join them in their exhibition booth. I was there to represent myself as a perspective coach.

Would it surprise you to know that the vast majority of the people that were looking for a coach wanted to deal with issues that either stemmed from their past or were fears about the future? If you've been reading "Mindful Moment" for any length of time I'm sure you can guess what my answers were!

The "perspective" part of what I call "perspective coaching" involves bringing people into the present moment and helping them to stay grounded there. What can you do to change the past? Nothing - without a time machine. Some of you might be saying, "But Patrick, surely you agree that people need to deal with issues from the past?"

I'll answer that with another question: "And WHEN do you think people should deal with these issues?" The answer, of course, is NOW or in the present.

Today I met someone who is so strongly attached to their past pain and suffering and so deeply entrenched in living in the past that I knew that I couldn't help them. They want to take action, but they are still living in the past, and of course the only place where you can take action is in the present. I wished them well in their search for the right coach, but I didn't see anyone at the Expo with a time machine, so I'm not sure how that's going to work out.

So this week I invite each of you to look at where you spend the majority of your time. Is it in the past, present or future? Only one of those options offers you the ability to take action.

ENJOY NOW!

Enlightenment consciously chosen means to relinquish your attachment to past and future and to make the Now the main focus of your life.

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