Dear Seeker,

"Each time you remember to reclaim your attention, with it you regain your life."

~ Guy Finley

Excerpted from "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living" (p. 18)

Special exercise: Stick 'em up

Would you say the problem is that you don't know how to be a better person -- or is it that you can't remember your intention to be better when you want to? Most would probably say the latter! This is why we do exercises which help to reconnect us to the present moment, because true change doesn't happen in the moment promises or resolutions are made -- it happens in the moment you see that "I need to be different right NOW." Stickie notes are a great way to bring yourself back to the present again and again -- little notes in obvious places that say "Come back" or "Where am I?" or "Be here now" or "Remember what you love." Anything that gives you a little jolt out of mechanical thought mode and reconnects you with your body and interior state. In these moments you will catch the thieves that have been stealing your attention, such as anger, fear, etc. The more you work to reclaim your attention, the better chance you have of making different choices when you truly want to.