When your mind feels crowded, it isn’t because life is too big it’s because you’re trying to hold tomorrow, yesterday, and every “what if” all at once. The overwhelm isn’t in the work itself; it lives in the story your mind tells about everything that hasn’t been done yet.
Most of the pressure you feel is imaginary weight. The project isn’t towering in front of you it’s towering in your thoughts. The moment you return to now, the mountain becomes a single step.
Presence doesn’t demand effort. It asks for permission. Permission to release the noise, to stop rehearsing the future, and to meet this moment as it is. When you choose one small action and give it your full attention, calm naturally follows. Not because everything is solved but because you are finally here.
Progress doesn’t come from rushing. It comes from honoring the present moment enough to stay with it.
Reflective question
If everything else could wait, what is the one thing in front of you right now that deserves your full presence?
Wow! Tania knocked it out of the ball park! Thank you for sharing. I will pass this along!
The difference between mind fullness and mindfulness.
Needed this today – thank you 🙏
Good morning Larry ! Great read thank you .
Very well said.
I really enjoy your ‘think daily’ comments each morning. This one is especially good.
When I read this Think Daily and the comment from Tania, I felt it like a vision coming into focus. That’s what this description of presence feels like, ‘a vision coming into focus.’ Thank you for the insight!
Good morning, this is awesome! I actually had ChatGPT create a Business Branding image by dropping in that message. I wish I could share what was created with you. It is really awesome. Slacked it to our office for an inspirational Friday piece! Thank you.
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Hello, Larry!
I think we should all live next door to Tania. Thanks for the repost.
Hi Larry! Hope you’re well!
As a highly anxious person, Tania’s advice is amazing!! When the feeling of being overwhelmed is chronic, it’s so easy to forget how much you’re holding onto all the time. This is a great reminder.
Awesome insights Larry! If you want to go deeper into awareness, here is Eckhart Tolle’s teachings on presence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vo131uNnJw
Larry, thank you for sharing this.
It truly means a lot to know these words resonated beyond the moment they were written.
Presence has been a personal practice for me not something mastered overnight, but something I continue to deepen every day. Over time and through life experience, it has become less of a routine and more of a lifestyle. Meditation has been a key part of that journey, as well as learning to breathe intentionally ” Just because we breath to live, doesn’t mean we know how to breath intentionally” simple practices that continually bring me back to myself and to the moment in front of me.
One of my favorite books, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, deeply influenced the way I view attention and awareness. It reminds me often that clarity doesn’t come from thinking more, but from pausing long enough to simply be where I am.
I’m grateful today for the opportunity to read this blog in Think Daily and to be part of a space that encourages reflection and has intention. It is also meaningful to see that sharing knowledge matters that what we write is truly read, received, and can create connection beyond ourselves.
Sometimes the most impactful ideas are the simplest ones noticing the now, choosing one step, and allowing that to be enough. Life can change in a blink of an eye, all we have is the NOW!
Grateful to be part of the dialogue, I am grateful and thankful for you Larry.
Namaste