November 2, 2016, TGIW: Unhumping Hump Day…Tripresence

“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

The quote above makes inspiring sense, yes?

But what about those we don’t “love”…such as the folks in traffic we don’t know, the customer service person on the phone we’re working out an issue with, the big behemoth of an organization that we either work for or must engage with?

Perhaps “presence” has three aspects we can consider.

One is our actually being “present”, which means not only staying out of the past and future so as to be in this moment with these people right now…but also being present to our internal state of thoughts, feelings and emotions vs. projecting them.

Another is the “presence” we bring of our Self into any situation. The small s “self” rarely brings the same value that our big S “Self” affords.

Yet one more is the “Presence” which we allow to move through and guide us, whatever you consider that bigger-than-us intelligence to be.

Where can a triad of Presence impact life in and around you today?

Got tripresence?

“Presence is more than just being there.” –Malcolm Forbes