Law of Attraction Magazine Holiday Issue (Nov./Dec., 2018 | Page 48

Ar e You a
NOW War r ior
or a Wor r ier ?
By Paula Kidd Casey
The Law yer of At t r act ion
The secr et for bot h mind and body is not t o mour n for t he past , wor r y about t he f ut ur e,
or ant icipat e t r ouble, but t o live in t he pr esent moment w isely and ear nest ly. ? Buddha
A topic that doesn?t come up much outside of new
age workshops? living in the present moment? is
essential to claiming our genuine abundance.
For most of us, we use the precious present
moment in these ways:
· Fret about the past
glass ball for that first cup of coffee. Most of the
time there are dozens of rainbows adorning the
room. But sometimes I am so grumpy or myopic or
fixated on the day, I don?t pay attention to my
surroundings. I miss the rainbows. I miss the
?now.? They are always present. I, however, am not.
We need to be ?now warriors.? We need to grab it,
claim it, and live it. It?s all we ever have. It?s our
only true connection to actions, to hugs, to our
dreams, and to divinity. Most of us are not now
warriors. Most of us are simply worriers.
· Worry about the future
· Make a mental shopping list
· Become catatonic from devices
When I was a little girl, after spending the night
with my grandparents, I would run downstairs in
the morning. More often than not, hundreds of
rainbows would be all over the living room walls,
ceiling, and floor. I asked my grandmother why she
had rainbows. She answered that it was a happy
house, conveniently leaving out the fact that the
east-facing front door had cut glass surrounding it,
causing the light to refract.
Years later, when I discovered this magical trick, I
placed a cut- glass crystal in an east window,
where it still resides today. Each morning I stumble
to the kitchen past the window with the dangling
?The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we
ever have is Now.? ? Buddha
Wor r ier or War r ior ?
Which one are you? Your answer to that question
makes such a huge difference in finding your
abundant life.
A worrier is someone who constantly frets about
the past and fears the future. A worrier is so
enmeshed in thinking thoughts of other times or
problems or grocery lists or worries that he or she
completely misses out on the present moment. A
worrier trades the magically mundane of the
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