today

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you?
Eckhart Tolle

Yes. who are you if you aren’t your past? If all of those stories you tell over and over aren’t you then why do we tell them? Some stories we tell because they are funny, some we tell because they are tragic, and some we tell because we don’t know what else to talk about in the now moment. Why wouldn’t you talk about your past? How else would someone get to know you? Maybe we have been trained to believe that. Maybe by speaking in the present about who you are in this moment would be uncomfortable. Maybe declaring is harder to do than telling your stories about what you have done. More than anything it challenges your thinking and makes you aware that your ego only holds on to what was or what may be in the future. The ego keeps you distracted from the now moment, the only moment that counts.

So the question is- who are you? Speak from this moment and see what comes up. Notice your struggle to either go to the past or future to find the definition.

Today I am grateful for my new gig. I’m training to be a ropes course facilitator. More to come on that. ;)