Learning how to recognize and act on your Inner Knowing is the greatest tool for discovering what's important now by living in the present.

We cannot let go of the past enough to live in the present unless we are able to grieve our losses. We must deeply feel our emotional pain in order to accept that what is happening is not what we wanted. pg 155

The present is what is happening when you strip away all the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future.

In order to live in the present, we have to learn how to feel safe even when a situation feels threatening to us.

The Paradox of Change: People can only change when they feel accepted as they are now. Dr. Arnold Beisser Pg 220

When you do what's important now for you, you create a past that leaves you ready to handle the present. By default, the future is taking care of itself as you make decisions that are acceptable to you no matter what happens tomorrow.

When you are living in the present, you know what's important now for you and you act on that knowing.

When you are authentic without an intent to harm others, you give yourself an awesome feeling which is the feeling of self-love.

You cannot do what's important now for you if your mind cannot accept what is happening in this present moment.