Practicing Courage #37: The only moment we'll ever have

"It’s very important work to be calm in a storm. To be a center for the people in your life." -Elizabeth Lesser (Courageous Life Episode 112)

So often when storms arise in our life they unleash a variety of feelings:

• Uncertainty
• Fear
• Groundlessness

When these experiences arise the mind will often will enter into a cycle of trying to find ground, often by running through future based scenarios, and planning thinking.

And while planning can be helpful up to a point, if we spend too much time focusing on what if

We can get lost in cycles of worry.

In these moments a helpful practice to find calm, and return to center is to remember that:

The only moment we have is this one.

That, there is no "there".

There's only here.

And to return to the present.

Finding calm again even in the midst of a storm.

Today's practice will offer a clip from yesterday's Courageous Life conversation with Elizabeth Lesser, and a story of my time with Mark Nepo in 2018 where he offered a reminder of this beautiful practice.

Curious to explore this topic further? Check out the full conversations Elizabeth Lesser and Mark Nepo:

• Strong Back, Soft Front: The Practice of a Lifetime | Elizabeth Lesser
• Finding Inner Courage Where it Lives | Mark Nepo

Thank you for your practice today.

I look forward to continuing together next Thursday!

-Joshua

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