As we approach the pinnacle of the Christmas period I often think to myself “wow, where did the year go?”. Often life seems so busy and hectic that time literally passes us by.

From one point of view, in a ’spiritual’ sense, this is not necessrily bad. In fact, it may indicate that you are living in the Present and enjoying every moment of life. So that when a major milestone is reached (ie Christmas), we think where has time gone? A brilliant spiritual teacher called Eckhart Tolle, who wrote the book, ‘The Power of Now’, explained the importance of living in the Present moment, the ‘Now’ as he called it. The Present moment is the only time that we have and living in the past or future is fruitless. We never revisit the past and the future never arrives, the only moment there is, is the Present moment. He teaches us that by living in the Present moment we can live life to its fullest and appreciate it as we journey through it.

On the otherhand, if we are constantly worried about what is going to happen in the future or constantly dwell in the past, wishing what could be, then we are letting life pass us by. Instead of being Present in every moment, and enjoying it, we would be in a place where we are always seeking the end rather than enjoying the actual journey to getting there…which is life.

Having said all that, the en of the Year like Christmas, is nit a bad time to take stock and reflect on your year gone. What have you achieved? What great things have you experienced? Are you where you thought you would be one year ago? These are good questions to ask yourself in order to appreciate how much you have gone through and how much you can achieve in a single year. It will most likely surprise you. With this in mind, it can give you motivation to think about some of the changes that you may like to make for the coming year.

It’s a powerful exercises, try it.