Here and Now

I love Dan Millman. He wrote a book called the Peaceful Warrior. Adapted to film by the same name. It talks about the most important concept in philosophy. Here and now.

That means nothing to people who are in the past or future. I was there too. In both places. Now I am here. Now. 

Charlie Brown knows it too. In A Boy Named Charlie Brown. 

“Did you know something , Charlie Brown. The world didn’t end.” told Linus

Charlie Brown failed a spelling bee. Like I failed my classes. It’s okay to fail. It’s not okay to stop failing. A warden of your mind.

Here I am, refusing to stop failing. I failed so many times it means nothing. I am in the now.

That is something Dan Millman understood deeply well. Without Dan Millman. I would still be in city college, I would still refuse to try out of fear of failure. Now I welcome it.

Ironically enough, that doesn’t make me a failure. But a winner. A winner at living. A life expert. That’s why it’s called experience.

After everything I’ve been through, it is important to stay in the present moment. My future depends on it.

Charlie and Dan are my friends. So are the people I meet. In the here and now.