Where is Your Mind?

I began to consider where my thoughts tend to go...

In my mind's wanderings do I spend more time in the past, the present or the future?

When I have a few 'free' moments, what do I think about?  Do I re-live past successes or walk through regrets, re-playing the moments and changing the things I would do differently?  Do I spend it on plans for today?  Do I spend it on hopes for the future?  Formulating goals?  Picturing what might be?

As I began to 'take notice' of the wanderings of my mind, I was a bit concerned about what I found out about myself; my thoughts tend to revolve around the past and future MORE than focus on the present!

If this is the case, I do not think that I can be making the most of the time at hand.

As is the case with life, BALANCE is a key to productive living - so it is true in this area of musings of the mind - BALANCE.

There is a time to review our past to glean as much from it as possible to grow and become more of who we are meant to be.  There is also a time to ponder what's ahead, setting appropriate goals and plans to grow and become more of who we are meant to be.

However, it seems to me that it is a great distraction to living life to it's fullest potential right NOW to be out of whack with our thoughts.

I am newly making considerable efforts in re-aligning my thoughts to dwell in the here and now instead of trailing backwards or forwards.

I cannot change the past and other than learning from it I shouldn't dwell there.  I cannot worry about tomorrow (today has enough worries of it's own) and other than being smart today so that tomorrow will not carry the mistakes of today into it and cause problems I shouldn't dwell there either.

I will take today and dwell there both physically and mentally realizing that living in the present will create a greater opportunity for me to be who I am meant to be - less distracted and manipulated by thoughts of the past and future.