Now

John 8:3-11

— Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.

How to care for tomorrow without constantly living in thoughts of the future?

Consider what I truly want and what needs to be done to achieve it. And do it now. Remember the intention and do not fear obstacles. Leave the task to myself and entrust the worries to God.

All my fantasies about tomorrow are induced hallucinations.

I have only now. Now is a great gift. By fleeing into fantasies of the future, I reject this gift.

When looking to the next day, planning it, one must be in the now, look from the now, live, experience the Present. It is Reality.

A glance into the future is aiming at a target, do not transport yourself there!

In the now there is no time. Now is always.

In the now there can be no despondency. It lives only in the past or future.

All that is needed is to formulate the intention as simply as possible, and leave the details of the path and the result to God. And simply go.

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I attune myself to communication and see Jesus right in front of me. He is dressed in something simple and long, with a few buttons at the top, which are undone, and I see some pendant on a chain. I can't focus and discern what it is for a long time, but eventually, I manage - a small key.

— You are the key to everything, yes. In Russian, the word "key" also means spring, Source. Beautiful.

I approach Him and embrace Him. In the distance, a mountain range is visible, the sun rises above it, flooding everything with gold. The air is morning fresh, absolute silence. We stand like this and remain silent, everything filled with a sense of anticipation and solemnity.

Then we walk silently for a while towards the sun and sit cross-legged on the ground opposite each other. I admire His profile in the rays while He looks at the dawn, and I stroke His hands with my fingers. I feel so good that I want to cry from happiness. A thought flashes through my mind:

— If only it could be like this always.

And it dawns on me. Christ lives in the now, He is neither in the past nor in the future. If I remain to live the moment of the Present, I will be with Him always, every minute! It is not He who leaves me, it is I who constantly drift away from Him into illusions.

Today I find a home where I am safe. Always.

Now I just need to learn to live in it.