In Wherever You Go, There You Are, author Jon Kabat-Zinn writes that in order to get there, you must be fully here.
I don't think most of us live like that. We plan, we hurry, we follow automatic patterns of behavior that we hardly - if at all - notice to be patterns of behavior. Once I get [fill in the blank] done, then life will be better. Once I get [name the place or situation] then I'll be able to really relax. I do it, too, and it's silliness.
In fact, whatever we're like now is probably how we'll be when we arrive there, wherever or whenever 'there' may be. So in some ways the message is comforting: be present now and that prepares us for whatever is ahead. It's a common theme, really. It's one of openness, willingness, and allowing. And it takes some work.
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