Last February I had an
epiphany (albeit a small epiphany as far as epiphanies are concerned). I was
sitting in a coffeehouse writing a piece of fiction, something that had
something to do with my life. Somehow it turned into 47 pages about my life and
ended up being a pseudo journal entry instead of a piece of fiction.
One theme recurred throughout
those 47 pages: living in the moment. Or, said another way, enjoying the
moment. It's what Rob Bell refers to as 'being on the mountain.' If you don't
know who Rob Bell is, he's a hip, cool, Gen-X, new-age Christian guy with whom
you'd like to have a coffee and a conversation (irrespective of your religious
leanings). I am not particularly religious, but I enjoy his perspective.
Rob tells a story about
Moses' journey to the top of a mountain. I'll omit most of the religious and
historical details for the sake of attenuation (and those details aren't
relevant to the moral of this story anyway). In the story, God tells Moses to
travel to the top of the mountain. Then, in what is an ostensibly redundant
(and odd) request, God commands Moses to 'be on the mountain.'
To which, I imagine, Moses
was like, 'um, yeah, I heard you the first time. You already said to go to the
top of the mountain.' But Moses didn't get the point right away. God didn't
want Moses to go to the top of the mountain and then start thinking about
The moral? Enjoy the moment.
How? Don't spend your time
in perpetual planning. Or perpetual worry.
Or perpetual whatever.
Instead, just enjoy the moment.
Notice what all of your
efforts have done for you. They got you to the top of the mountain, after all.
Just take a moment and be on the mountain.
Be on the mountain. Be.
That's what I want. I am committed to being on
the mountain, to enjoying my
life.
That doesn't mean I don't
plan. I just enjoy the planning process more. It doesn't mean I don't work
hard. I just enjoy working hard, whether it's writing or leading people.
When you enjoy it, it's not
work anyway. In fact, I avoid calling it work altogether. I call it my mission.
How about when you're doing
something you dislike? Or worse, something you hate? Ask yourself, how can I do
this and enjoy it too? The only way to get a better
I get better results when I
enjoy the process. Better health. Better relationships. More growth. Greater contribution. A better life.
Don't dwell on the past. Don't worry about the
future. Just be on the mountain.
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