Almost always it starts with the temptation not to be!

From the moment I wake up in the morning, the call to think of things or something that separates me from the real world to isolate me into a more comfortable, less stressful but sadly, unreal world is a not-so-infrequent experience. Ibig sabihin, madalas! The pull not to be present in the here and now, and instead to escape somewhere else, often to the past, and yes even to the future.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. - Nadia Comaneci

Here are 5 ways to practically stay present on a day-to-day basis.

The key is BEING not Doing, dear Human Being : )

"Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be." - Jack Welch

Why? Because being absent sucks. And being ghosted sucks even more.

R.E.A.L. Being present makes you REAL.

Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Prov 4: 25

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”

― Corrie Ten Boom

Well, in the simplest of terms, it’s being absent somewhere else!

Here are 4 examples of what “being fully present.” How able and willing have you been in practicing them?

Songs. Inspirational Songs. Singing them over and over and over again. That kept me going all the 42.2 km marathons I’ve ran the past 10 years. Yup, all 11 of them.

4 was to Keep Going, 1 STEP at a time.

6 reasons why you should HANG ON!

Because it’s what will take you from where you started to where you wish to end!