So much of the time, our thoughts are on the future; either in fear or anticipation.  Or they are on the past, either remembering the good old days or re-experiencing painful memories.

The problems with this type of thinking are two-fold: 

1.  If we are dwelling on past negative experiences, we are re-introducing that negative energy into our body.  The energy we are in will attract similar energy to us, so we will continue to experience what we don’t want in our lives.  The same is true if we are looking at the future with fear.  We will attract what we don’t want. 

2.   If we are dreaming about how good the future is going to be, we are not living in the present.  I had years of doing that.  I had five children born within six years, one of whom was seriously handicapped.  At the same time, I was married to a student husband, so we were desperately poor.  I spent all my time dreaming of how much better my life was going to be when….  When my children were all in school, when my husband had a full time job, when, when, when. 

What I didn’t realize that I was spending so much time dreaming, that I was not living.  I didn’t see the cute, funny things my children did or said.  I didn’t appreciate what was good in my life right then – in the moment.  I also didn’t realize that my future would depend on how I lived in the moment.

If you spend all your time and energy dreaming about tomorrow, you will never get what you are dreaming about because it is what we do today that determines what our tomorrows are going to be like.