Week 4: Day 22

Week 4: Showing Up

Day 22: On Entering Time and Space Completely

Summary: Planning for the future is good and necessary. However, sometimes we sacrifice so much for the future that we forget that our lives are unfolding now. Postponing happiness to serve a future in which everything suddenly clicks into place may cause us to forget to immerse ourselves in our present lives.

John Lennon famously said: “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”. That is true and reaching a proper balance between planning for the future while enjoying the present can be more difficult than we think.

Homework: Consider John Lennon.