The famous John Lennon quote, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans,” makes us question if we’re really living in the present. Have the ever-increasing speed of life and the growing options technology provides caused us to opt out of appreciating today? Wendy Margolese, my north of the Minnesota border colleague up in Ontario, shares some practical and healing insights to help our day-to-day experience become more real and satisfying. Here’s Wendy…
The pace of life has picked up speed – and most of us feel like we are always running to catch up. Some days pass in a blur of phone calls, text messages, and kids’ activities – maybe all at the same time!
Author Max Strom has coined the phrase ‘near-life experience’ in his recent book, ‘There Is No App for Happiness’. This type of life is characterized by experiences we are not completely engaged in and present with; a life that leaves us feeling that something is missing despite how busy we are.
Advances in technology have led to constant connectivity to information and to people. Although this has brought some good things into our lives (I can Skype with my family living in another country), statistics say we do not feel a sense of satisfaction in life. If anything, we have become dissatisfied; and stress has become a constant companion. And that’s not good for our health.
