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Essay: 'Turn-Back' Moments

"We learn from the past, we embrace the present, and then shape the future." Michael Corthell Life can be a rollercoaster ride with its fair share of ups and downs. While we can't change the past, we often find ourselves looking back at certain moments in our lives and wishing we could have done things differently. These moments are what we call "turn-back moments." They're those times when we wish we could rewind time and make different choices. One of the most common areas where people experience these turn-back moments is in their careers. We spend a significant portion of our lives working, and it's natural to feel like we're not on the right path sometimes. We may look back and regret not taking a job offer or wish we'd pursued a different career path. But dwelling on those regrets won't help us move forward. Instead, we can use those experiences to make better choices in the future. We can identify what we want and take steps to get th

NOW is the Time

  Time is a concept of the human mind, that can exist only within the mind. Outside of our minds and its multiplicity of concepts and theories, there is only the ever-present, continuous, and uninterrupted present. (The ensō I used in this meme symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void))

Just a moment!

“Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.” ― Louis L'Amour There are two types of seeds in our minds: those thoughts that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equality and joy. Spiritual mindfulness causes the germination and sprouting of the latter and the transformation of the former. “Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).” – James Baraz