Next

And yet the last is hardly done

Our thoughts already moving on to the next item in our lives

No time to enjoy the moment too busy for that

And often when we do enjoy the moment our thoughts are turning to the next

Modern times encourage this restless behavior

Most modern communications encourage us to believe that with the next purchase of whatever heaven on earth will be ours

Just buy this, eat that, see the other

Time after time we fall for the hype

Slowly we begin to learn that these promises like so much else today are rubbish

The new car after a few weeks is just another car, makes no difference to the traffic jam whether it is new or old you are still stuck

Stuck in the car, stuck in the train, stuck in the job

Still never mind maybe the next whatever will be the answer

Next nothing

Next does not do it

Next is just an abstract idea about the future

And as we all know few things work out as we imagine

So let go of next

Let go thinking all the time

Take time out to enjoy

Enjoy being without thoughts of next anything

Just try being

Being is not easy we have been so conditioned to do

Becoming conscious of how we are doing and thinking all the time is a good starting point

And then next I will.......................see how almost automatically along comes the next next thought

If you are able to go even a little while without a next that is a start

Maybe sit in the spring sun one day and try not to think

If you can then observe how refreshing it feels even for a short time

Just slowing the brain, mind down for a short periods is better than keeping it going at a hundred miles an hour all day long

Begin to take your life back from the tyranny of your mind