In this series of episodes I venture into the subject of intimacy. More specifically the intimacy cultivated in the life of a couple, you and your partner. Intimacy - we want it, we fear it, and we hate it; so what do we do with it? "We are either working to elevate beauty or we are exploiting it for our own success, pride and pleasure. Each couple is either on the road of creativity or on the road of exploitation." (Adapted from 'Intimate Allies' by Dan Allender)

Our past may rob us of our joy, hope and peace in the present moment but it does so as a thief in the night while our worry about tomorrow stares us right in the eyes and rips our joy, our hope, and our peace right out of our chest. Our regrets about the past taunt us like a faraway echo while our worry about tomorrow is right up in our face …. both are enemies of the present moment.  The Buddha is presumed to have said that "all beings feel a deep sense of fear or anxiety, which stems from the fact that we resist the impermanence of our existence."  

“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” Jeffrey McDaniel As I continue my little exploration of what it's like to live in the 3 tenses (Past, Present and Future), in this episode I invite us to consider the power our past can hold over us. Our past is a beautiful mess of good and bad and it has shaped who we are today. It has the ability to keep us chained to its stories and incapable of moving forward but it can also teach us and propel us into the future. www.georgeslarabie.com

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow does not exist. All we have is today. We have now. What do you do with the present? What do you do with now? Do you embrace it fully for what it is and what comes with it? Or is it lost because you are bound to your past or wasted because you are afraid of what comes next?

Coming Soon! Episode 1 coming to you Tuesday, April 11th. Stay tuned.  You can also find me at Which Way's Up (Blog) and on my Facebook page. 

Why Which Way’s Up? Because life is a beautiful mess and it constantly throws us curve balls and we don’t always know what to do in response.  Which Way’s Up? What are we to do? How do we move on without losing hope? Thankfulness does not eliminate the craziness around us. It doesn’t remove the difficulties. It doesn’t stop bad ideas and bad people. What it does is shift the focus.