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What if Where You Are Right Now is the Best Place to Be?

There Is No Need in Worrying About Tomorrow

Nancy Blackman, MASF
4 min readFeb 7, 2022
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You are here now. Wherever that is, you are here. Maybe your life is full of possibilities and relaxation because you are retired. Maybe your life is drenched with dirty diapers and a screaming child. Maybe your life pulls you in different directions. Maybe it doesn’t. Maybe your days are yours to plan as you like.

It doesn’t matter. How you spend your days is what makes your life unique.

What matters is how you view yourself and your situation. What if where you are now, challenges and all, is the best place to be?

I think we are all searching for freedom. Maybe you need a little freedom from changing diapers. Maybe you need freedom from work. Maybe you need a little financial freedom.

Do you sense an inner dividedness? In other words, where you are now has no bearing on where you were before, where you will be in the future or who you are. Aren’t we all scrambling for something that looks like freedom without noticing the Grace, Love, and Gratitude in the present?

“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the…

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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