Mark Nepo is a cancer survivor who describes how he learned “during the many crises of cancer… unless someone is bleeding or can’t breathe, unless there is some true physical requirement to act swiftly, a sense of urgency is a terrible illusion.” He then makes the point how, “the doorway to our next step of growth is always behind the urgency of now.”
There are of course situations that are urgent, but spiritual and emotional growth typically doesn’t unfold inside them. “Now” is an invitation to pay attention to the moment we are living and not to imagine an unpredictable and unknowable future.
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I’m excited to share a small book of some of my favorite posts from On Emotions. The download link is below.
On Emotions 