Have you ever thought to yourself, here I am.  How did I get here?  Ever driven home from work or shopping and end up in your driveway but you don’t remember actually getting from point A to point B?  In one way this is a great meditative state, one in which we get work done, however, it is not a conscious state.  And that is what we are looking for.  The basis of Buddhist study is that of living in the now.  It is important for any spiritual practice to recognize this pedagogy.  With the energy shifting and all of us moving with it it is important we are in syncronicity with it.
Recently I was with my family at the zoo.  It was a fantastic 40 degree day here in Rhode Island and we all had a bit of cabin fever.  (Let me insert here in case you do not know, my husband and I have a 3 and a 2 year old and I am due for our third in 2 months.)  We were on a family adventure.  We did not bring a stroller and we were ok with that.  We leisurely strolled though the zoo looking at all the animals in the snow.  There were so many new discoveries.  It was then I realized as a family unit, we were all AT the zoo.  My husband and I were enjoying the zoo as much, if not more, as the boys were.  There was no, ‘Oh, I have to do that later,”  or “Man, I forgot to do…”  There was only the warm sun, the animals and one another.  We were laughing and spying and discovering together.  We remembered to take a few photos, I am glad we did, because we were truly AT the zoo.  The boys are always where we are, playing, living in joy, they are my reminders.  It was at the zoo that I saw all of my attempts at living in the now realized.  When we got home I felt invigorated, full of love and full of the day.  I had other plans that day, I never got to them and I never felt bad about it either.  The tired I felt was that of a woman who earned her rest.
It was later, in retrospect that I saw I have been living in the now, consciously living for a while now, it has become more natural.  This is not to say I have become a master full-time.  I am a master of the moments.  So I invite you too to become a master of the moments.  In doing so you will find peace, you will find joy and more  over you will find you.  In this process remember you are reconditioning years of planning and social pressure, be gentle you may faultier, if so enjoy it, that is how you practice.  You are already whole and complete, this will just allow you to see from a new perspective.