Living life with one finger on the remote control.
Updated: Sep 16, 2020
I was driving in my car the other day, listening to a live talk on the radio, when I realised I missed parts of the talk because my mind was wondering. My very first instinct was to quickly rewind to the parts I missed so that I could listen to it. Off course, the option to rewind was not available.
A few days later, I was listening to the radio at home. The very same thing happened. I missed part of the live talk because my mind was wandering. This is a common phenomemon for us humanoids, our minds wander (we let it wander...).
It left me a little perplexed though. Not the phenomenon of a wandering mind, but the fact that ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. This triggered something in my mind, but I didnโt dwell on it for much longer.
But then, not so long after the day at home when I was listening to the radio, I was on the phone with a friend and I did exactly the same thing. I was a little preoccupied - you know how it goesโฆ With my earphones on, I had my hands free to do other things while my conversation on the phone could continue. It was with embarrassment that I realised I have not listened to some of the conversation because I was busy concentrating on something else.
Instantaneously, it struck me. I have become accustomed to the rewind button when listening to podcasts, educational video clips, training videos, some Masterclasses and Webinars, Netflixโฆ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ.
Have I allowed certain things in my life to pass me by thinking I could simply press the rewind button and have a replay of things because I was not in the moment, I wasnโt present.
Life simply does not come with a remote control to rewind, fast-forward, pause or stop life as and when we want to. Life is not pre-recorded, it happens now. Now is gone, we cannot get it back. Now is exceptionally fast - if we donโt pay attention in the moment, the moment is over, gone, lost, forever.
The very first step to being in the moment is ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
Become aware of the fact that you are not in the moment, that you live either in the past moment or attempt to live in the future moment.
Being in the present is something we can learn to do. ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐.
Find the โ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐โ control button for your life and use it every single moment.