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Being present is like looking in a mirror. You can't see your
face without a mirror. When you do look in a mirror, the image you
see is only there as long as you keep looking. If you look away, the image
is gone. All you have left is a memory of what you look like. For
this reason, rapid personal change takes place for people with the courage
and desire to look in the mirror at themselves and the life they are
currently having.
Do you have a desire to "grow"?
Do you have the courage to look in the mirror? It takes guts
because you may not like everything that you see. Our experience is
that people are only willing to see themselves this accurately when things
are quite desperate - broken marriage, unhappily single, career problems
etc.
The present moment is the only time that is real.
Why? Because real things only happen in the
present. The past isn't real because it's over and is now a memory. The
future isn't real because it exists as an expectation - a hope, a dream.
"Now" is when your own truth is revealed to you.
You only have one life to live.
No one else can really know what you should or should not do in your
life. All of us ache to love and be loved. It is the underlying
reason we do what we do, even when we make bad choices. When you are
present, you are connecting to the source of love - God. From a
place of love, we make better choices that are true to ourselves.
This is what gives us peace of mind...and impact others positively and
effectively.
Present Living offers John Kuypers'
method
for helping you be more present.
When you learn and apply the
principles in any of John's
four books,
you learn how to be more present, at home, at work, in any situation.
Suddenly, you start making wiser choices that are right for you!
Immediately, your engrained, habit-driven life begins to change for the
better. You are becoming a whole, integrated person that you like -
even love! This is a major reason why being present leads to a
better life. You see yourself more clearly when you pick up the mirror of
living in the present.
Get a John Kuypers' book or CD.
John is the author of
four personal leadership
books on being present at home and at work.
He is a coach, speaker,
and leadership results coach
who has spoken to thousands
of people for more than ten years. You can meet John Kuypers on
video
now. He is an inspiring
speaker and may be ideal for your event. His work will help you
get the life you want...now.
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The Serenity Prayer captures the vision for
John's
work:
O God, Grant me the
serenity to accept the things
I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time, enjoying one
moment at a time.
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as he did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.
Trusting that he will make all things right if I surrender to his will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this world
and supremely happy with him forever. Amen.
Attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
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