Earlier this year I revealed that my word for 2023 was acceptance.  I had been reading Michael SingerMy Surrender Experiment’s book The Untethered Soul and it reminded me of how important accepting the Is-ness of every experience was to living a peaceful and happy life.  Also important is living in the present moment—not the past, not the future, just now. After a couple of months of practice, I’m not an expert and likely never will be.  But I believe I’m getting better.  As Singer continually reminds me/us, the problem is not the experience you are having or are witnessing.  The problem is the story we are telling ourselves about the experience.  It doesn’t matter if it happened two minutes ago or 20 years ago, that story running through our minds, that narrative, is either re-creating that event in our mind or emotions, or passing through us. By the same token, it doesn’t matter if something has happened yet (or will ever happen), the story we are telling ourselves about what might happen is our choice.  We face that choice in every moment. Right here.  Right now. [Read more…]