Living in the present, what the heck does that mean? I’ll use compassion as an example. Some people with ADD can be close-minded to opening their thoughts beyond what they see in front of them. As a specific example, I could be a little more compassionate some times and I work on improving that. By no means am I a cold heartless individual, quite the opposite in fact.
I developed a little exercise that gets me thinking outside the box on a more compassionate level. When I find myself forming an opinion on a person I ask myself…..is this really who this person is or what I am seeing? By questioning what I see instead of judging, I open my self up to the many possibilities that are below the surface. By asking my self why is a person acting or speaking a certain way, it starts that thought process of more internal questions that leads me to a place where I realize I can’t judge or even begin to think I understand what is in front of me. By opening my mind, I am then living in the present. In doing so, a more compassionate side of me comes out.
