By Books Author Denise Turney

Live now! Stop deceiving yourself with the belief that tomorrow is real. It isn’t. In fact, describe one specific incident when you were fully awake and living in a tomorrow. Did you sit on a chair, lean against a counter, or lay on a bed without having the sensation that you were falling?

Tell Us About the Time You Spent in Tomorrow

Who was with you while you were living in tomorrow?  How did you shift and return to today? Why did you leave tomorrow and return to today? Do you feel bored now that you’ve already experienced what you’re going to live through when you get to tomorrow again?

As tempting as the idea of tomorrow might be, the only thing closest to reality is now – right now. Not five seconds from now. And not five minutes from now – right now.

That’s a reason why nothing in your life changes until you change. Fortunately, you don’t have to go out and purchase a new outfit. You don’t have to buy a new vehicle or get another job. What you must do is change the way that you think.

Life in the Now is New

Perceptions and beliefs you hold about the world, relationships, life itself and who and what you are must shift if you’re eager to experience rewarding change that you’ll maintain. This point brings up the scripture that shares, “And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” – Mark 2:22 (New International Version)

Real change takes place at every level. In other words, you must change inside and out. In fact, shifting inwardly causes outward changes to appear. Admittedly, this isn’t always easy to learn. Yet, that doesn’t mean that you can’t master creating internal shifts that manifest in the “outer” world.

Try it.

It certainly beats merely existing to work a job you know you don’t want to go to just so you can come up with enough money to pay your bills. Another situation it beats is staying in relationships that have long since passed their expiration date, feeling bored, dissatisfied, empty and like a fraud.

You’re Life is Happening Right Now

Commit to live in the present. Avoid imagining what your life will be like in the future. Also, bid farewell to the past. A similar directive is discovered in Isaiah 43:18-19 where it says, “Remember yet not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” (King James Version)

Be fully here. If you’re sitting in your living room, be fully in that room. Notice the lighting. How does the furniture you’re sitting on feel? What color are the walls? If there are plants in the room, what color are each of the blooms, leaves and roots in the plants? Really be in the room.

Is there anything in the living room that you would miss if it wasn’t there? Let each item in the room appear to you as if they each are born of a miracle.

How does being in the room feel now?

Why Appreciation is a Life Changer

Should you feel better (regardless of how you felt before), you just experienced an element that often shows up before good, rewarding change does, and that element is appreciation. When you think about it, doesn’t it make sense?

If you’re where you are now, with the people who are now in your life, experiencing the specific events you’re experiencing because of thoughts, beliefs and actions you took in another “right now” that is now completely gone, appreciating what you have is akin to patting yourself on the back. By appreciating you tell yourself “well done” for what you’ve made of your life so far.

Furthermore, it’s a sign that you trust yourself.

Actions that Could Help Create the Life You Want

To live now, creating experiences you want to enjoy, add these below actions to appreciation. Practice these actions daily, including paying attention to the results that they yield:

• Set a clear goal of what you want to experience. This is what I did in November 2022. After years of working to increase my book sales, I set a clear goal to sell 100 copies of my books a month. Setting that simple goal created a shift that surprised me at first. Something on the inside of me shifted when I set that intention causing the “outer” world to mirror my intention.
• Really want to experience what you say you want to experience. Back to the example of setting an intention to sell more copies of my books, deep down (and I do mean deep down) I really wanted what I said I did.
• Become a student. Study what you want to experience. Take courses, watch webinars and speak with people who’ve already experienced what you want to.
• Perceive those who’ve already experienced what you want to experience in loving light. After all, the fact that they have already experienced what you want is clear proof that it’s possible to fulfill your intention. Their life is evidence that can strengthen your faith, sharpen your vision and encourage smart actions.
• Take smart actions. In other words, act on guidance that you receive from your higher Self, your true Self.

Don’t Wait! Live Now!

Perhaps above all, actually see yourself experiencing the life you want right now. See and feel yourself doing what you want to do, living where you want to live, feeling the way you want to feel and fully experiencing what you want to experience.

It might help to write in a journal. However, don’t just write. While journaling, write as if you are actually experiencing what you want right now. For example, if you want to climb a mountain, you could write, “Being outside, a quarter way up the mountain, feels exhilarating. Pitched a tent less than two hundred yards from the lake. Can hear the faint sound of small animals playing in the water. The wind is brisk, yet warm. The sun is hanging in the sky like a big orange melon. What a beautiful, glorious day.”

To repeat, practice the above actions daily. After you practice the actions, let go. Yes. Let go each day after you complete the actions.

Trust and Appreciate and Heal

Trust plays a pivotal role in manifesting. Fortunately, there are millions of people who have already manifested experiences they desired. Allow their lives to encourage, motivate and empower you. Also, remember that regardless of how long it takes, you can enjoy good, love-based experiences you want.

Keep going. Just keep going.

Continue to believe, appreciate and awaken. Should you encounter internal roadblocks of erroneous thoughts (particularly thoughts that have built into strong beliefs), open up to healing. Give yourself permission to heal so you can start to remember who and what you truly are — amazing, eternal and created to be like the Creator.