POSITIVITY
  • Workshops
    • 3 Pillars of Positivity >
      • Mindset
      • Purpose
      • Relationships
    • Grow with the Flow
    • Calendar
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Books
    • Shop
  • Connect
Magic Words

PRESENCE

3/6/2018

0 Comments

 
“Moments, like the days, pass forever away, and the dreams we dream to come may never come for this moment may be our last.” — Jonas Cain
In 2007 I began a practice of becoming abundantly aware of my surroundings. Throughout my days I set aside moments and notice everything my ears are hearing, everything my eyes are seeing, everything my nose is smelling, everything my tongue is tasting, everything my body is feeling, and even everything my mind is thinking and everything my heart is feeling. The idea is to become supremely alert and appreciative of everything around me.  What amazes me about this practice was that I always become aware of things that were fully available to my senses, but I had been ignoring and missing because I was too wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life to even notice.

We all know how easy it is to get distracted—when our mind becomes so full of thoughts about the myriad of conflicting responsibilities that consume us. We’re in one place but we’re thinking about being somewhere else. We’re with our family but we’re texting our friends.  We’re on vacation but we’re too distracted by social media to even notice. We get so distracted by thoughts of things that happened or might happen, that we miss the very things that are right in front of us.  When this happens for too many days, or weeks, or months in a row, we kind of fall asleep, almost like we’re hypnotized by the repetitive cycles we find ourselves in. 

It’s kind of like what happens when we’re driving a car:  We get lost in thought and all of a sudden we’ve arrived at our destination but with no recollection of the various twists and turns that got us there.  Sometimes we have entire days, and weeks, and months like this.  I know people who have gone entire years where they’ve been stuck in the cycle of doing things and going places—going to work, going through the motions of getting things done—but they’re not consciously aware of what or why they’re doing these things.

The Magic Word Presence calls us to break free from the distractions that keep us from fully embracing and enjoying our precious moments, reminding us that we have a choice to live in the past, to live in the present, or to live for the future. After all:
 
“It’s okay to remember the past and it’s okay to dream of the future; but it’s not okay to let those dreams and remembrances rob us of the present moment, for that is all that we truly have.”
 
When we make the conscious effort to become fully present in all that we do we’ll find that we become more fully alive, allowing our true selves to shine.
 
REFLECTION
Try this today: The next time you brush your teeth, don’t allow your mind to wander, instead put your full attention into it, like it’s the most important task of the day.  Pretend that you’re in love with your teeth and giving them attention is the only way to express  your love for them. Become grateful for each and ever tooth as it’s being brushed, cleaned, and taken care of.  This can be a profound experience if you fully embrace it!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture
    JONAS CAIN, M.Ed.

    Facilitator

    Jonas Cain, M.Ed. is a storyteller, magician, musician, and facilitator of fascination, helping people experience abiding joy through fascination, curiosity, and wonder.
    ​
    ​
    Connect with Jonas to discover more.

    Picture

    Magic Words

    All
    Acceptance
    Action
    Adapt
    Adventure
    Affirmation
    Ally
    April Fools
    Atonement
    Attention
    Authenticity
    Balance
    Banner
    Beautiful
    Behavior
    Belief
    Birthday
    Boat
    Books
    Boundaries
    Breathe
    Care
    Celebration
    Challenge
    Change
    Character
    Cheese
    Choice
    Clarity
    Climb
    Commitment
    Communication
    Compassion
    Compliant
    Confidence
    Connection
    Courage
    Creativity
    Discernment
    Discovery
    Disruption
    Dominant
    Doubt
    Dream
    Education
    Empower
    Encourage
    Engage
    Enjoy
    Enjoyment
    Enthusiasm
    Excel
    Excellence
    Explore
    Facilitate
    Fascination
    Fear
    Focus
    Forgiveness
    Friendship
    Gap
    Generosity
    Gentle
    Grand
    Gratitude
    Growth
    Happiness
    Health
    Hermit
    Honor
    Hope
    Humility
    Humor
    Independence
    Influence
    Influencing
    Initiative
    Inspiration
    Integrity
    Interest
    Invention
    Invest
    Journey
    Joy
    Kindness
    Lane
    Laughter
    Leadership
    Legacy
    Listen
    Live
    Love
    Magic
    Mentor
    Mindfulness
    Mindset
    Momentum
    Motion
    Motivation
    Necessity
    Opportunity
    Passion
    Pathway
    Patience
    Perseverance
    Persistence
    Perspective
    Play
    Positivity
    Possibility
    Preparation
    Presence
    Prize
    Process
    Purpose
    Quantify
    Recognition
    Reflection
    Relationships
    Relax
    Remembrance
    Repentance
    Resilience
    Resolution
    Resources
    Respect
    Responsibility
    Reward
    Sacrifice
    Sail
    Smile
    Stasis
    Steady
    Storm
    Summit
    Support
    Surprise
    Talent
    Teamwork
    Thanksgiving
    Ticket
    Time
    Today
    Tools
    Transformation
    Trust
    Understand
    Value
    Vision
    Wind
    Wonder

    Picture

    Archives

    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017

Picture

​JONAS CAIN, M.Ed. | ​Facilitator of Fascination
​[email protected]

#POSITIVITY

WORKSHOPS | RESOURCES |  SHOP  | CONNECT

© 2025
  • Workshops
    • 3 Pillars of Positivity >
      • Mindset
      • Purpose
      • Relationships
    • Grow with the Flow
    • Calendar
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Books
    • Shop
  • Connect