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True power resides in the present moment. We can tap into the present moment in many ways and it first involves turning off the phones, computers, TV’s and anything that might distract you once you begin. We are so often caught up in the past and reacting from past patterns and behaviors. Tapping into the present moment grants us the ability to assess how we are feeling; what is feeling wonderful? and what is feeling “off”? Presence also grants us the peace of mind we need to be in to receive guidance. As this world keeps moving faster and faster it becomes more and more challenging to get that quiet time. I am happy to offer you five (5) ways to tap into the present moment so you can move forward with clarity and purpose.

1. Gratitude – When we pay gratitude for something in our life (person, thing, animal) we are calling to mind something we love. We are present in that observation and are giving appreciation and love. Thinking of that person, pet or object and imagining how you feel when you are with them; feeling all the emotions they bring to mind and letting yourself just sit in the goodness of that moment is an excellent way to get present. If you wanted to write a thank you, call someone or give extra pets to your pet, that is fine too! Paying gratitude for yourself is also wonderful. Think of five things you love to do or like about yourself and bask in the joy for a few minutes. Gratitude is a sure way to switch your mood quickly AND to put out much more positive energy to the Universe for it to respond to!
2. Feeling Energy – Rub your hands together for 60 seconds rapidly. Now, put them a few inches apart and feel that connection and energy between them. You can play with the energy by moving your hands back and forth or close your eyes and imagine that energy traveling throughout your body. If you like, you can imagine it in a place of your body where you experience discomfort and visualize it bathing that challenging spot with light and healing energy. Know you can always rub your hands together again if that feeling starts to wane. Playing with this energy is a way to bring peace, connectivity and presence into your life in as little as a couple of minutes.
3. Affirmations – Saying and claiming ways that you want to be and feel in your life can bring you to the present moment quickly and allow you to get excited about what you are creating. Our thoughts, words and emotions do contribute to the energy we put out and receive back from the Universe. In taking even a few minutes a day to affirm to ourselves, “I am working on being my best self”, “I am a powerful creator”, “I accept myself as I am”, “I am limitless”, “I am open to receiving guidance” or the countless other affirmations you can come up with. you are bringing yourself to the current moment by claiming what you are. You are also taking that moment to come up with what you want to affirm. A suggestion is to come up with something that won’t meet extreme resistance. Saying “I am a millionaire” if you are in debt might meet a ton more resistance and cause discomfort instead of “I am open to and pursuing more opportunities to bring more money into my life”.
4. Self Love/Gratitude – Coming up with reasons you love yourself and/or paying gratitude for yourself for things you have done that are wonderful – instead of berating yourself for what you feel you might have done wrong – is a strong way to be present and shift your energy. It can be something nice you did or said. It can be the fact that you love to cook, write, are a good listener, or love to dance. Everyone has many gifts and reasons to be grateful for themselves. It is simply that we are not taught to focus there and instead tend to magnify the things we feel we have said or done wrong. This simple exercise brings you to the present moment and a deep sense of self-love and gratitude.
5. Sensory Meditation – There are so many ways to meditate and I don’t feel one works for all people. In my own life, I use many forms of meditation and the sensory meditation is one of the most effortless. For this you first need to turn off all distractions. Bring yourself to the current moment and you can do this with any sense, but the ones I find easiest to tap into are sight or hearing. If you are doing the one for hearing, close your eyes and focus on what you hear. Usually we are only hearing a fraction of what is going on around us. To begin with you might hear traffic, or the wind or if you are inside the whirring of something electronic. As you begin to tune in, you will hear many other sounds as well. If you are outside you might also hear birds, someone talking in the distance, rustling of animals moving around, etc. This has such a calming effect as we are truly tuning into the current moment and opening up that sense more than we usually allow for. This can be done in only a few minutes and can invite such a sense of calm and peace.

In my book, A Short Path to Change, I offer many more tools and exercises to become present. In becoming present, we are connecting to our true selves – usually well hidden by the constant barrage of thoughts that control our day. There is such power in the present moment. In my book I not only teach you how to access the present moment, but how to harness that power to begin to create real change and manifestations. True change does not need to take much time and effort and is always available to us as long as we know we are worthy to take those few minutes a day to create what we want.

Everybody is in a rush. A rush to do this or that. To get up in the morning, to make breakfast, to dress, to go to school, to work, to go to the gym. In fact everybody is in a hurry to do many things which means everyone has an enormous amount of activities all day long. We manage to convince ourselves that everything we do is all important – and yet somehow as the day ends we are exhausted and are left with a vague feeling that we did not accomplish everything we set out to do.

The reason for this is quite simple. We live in a society that measures success on the basis of accomplishment – and accomplishment is measured on the basis of how much we do or how much we get. In turn we have conditioned ourselves to always think of the next move. To accomplish and get more you have to do more, so there is always something else. Another move, another set of actions.

This is where the problems start. We focus our thoughts and energy onto the next thing and not on what we are actually supposed to be doing.

When we focus on the next step, the next activity or our next action, we forget to concentrate and to live 100% that one thing we are doing in that specific moment in time. Pope John Paul II once said that we should learn from the past, plan for the future, but live the present – or words to that effect.

These are words of wisdom that should guide our every moment.

There are a few implications here, such as:

By learning from the past:

• you should learn to avoid mistakes and more importantly repeat those things that brought success or triumphant moments.
• neither dwell nor relive the past. The past is gone – finito, kaput. We must learn to let it go.
• treasure the good and the bad. Treasure it, not gloat over it or sink with it.

Plan for the future:

• set your sights high and aim for the sky.
• apply yesterdays lessons to plan for tomorrow.
• your plan will map out the road you must follow.

Live the present:

• every journey starts with one step. Today you will take the steps you must on the road you mapped out for the future.
• each moment, in other words your continuous present, must be lived will full concentration, with full dedication and passion. If you are with someone else, your child for example, your full focused energy and attention should be 100% dedicated to that person in that moment in time.
• a focused present, strengthened with the lessons of the past and the target for the future will result in less mistakes or negative results. It will always generate an action motivated from a freer perspective.

When you start applying this way of life you will find in the beginning that you are set in your ways so change will not be easy. If, however, you persist for a short while, you will find that it gets easier each time.

Then you will be surprised to find that everything gets better; not in a magical sense, after all there are no magical formulas, but in a real sense.

1. Your day to day activities that are driven by your dedicated and focused attention to what you are doing as you are doing it, will show greater results. These results will go beyond, and this is the important part, beyond achieving things, to achieving wonderful things in terms of your relationship with others. One of the amazing things about people is that when they feel they are important in your eyes – and this will happen as you live the present when your are with them – they will try to give the best of themselves in return.
2. Your past will begin to be made up of all these “presents” you are living day to day.
3. Your future turns into your present and then your past, and all under that path with a heart you are taking, today.

It is a huge milestone in every pupil’s life. This is the special day when we celebrate for the achievement that we want our loved ones to recall for a lifetime. It is a celebration of the end and the start of something better. This is the big day when mommies smile with pride and pops get their position with their cameras to take the perfect shot while their offsprings walk with pride and take center stage – Graduation Day.

On this unforgettable occasion one would be wise to give gifts that will be recalled. It is best that we present jewellery as Graduation gift. These are prestigious items and are ideal for the event. They are given to wish the pupil success and to let them know how proud we are of them. Let’s make our little achievers feel special with personalized graduation gifts. Graduation jewellery provides your pupil with something lovely to wear on her special day as well as a lasting keepsake for the years to come.

Jewellery comes in attractive and unique designs that will cheer every graduate. With this precious gift, a graduate can be more than happy to have successfully achieved something in her life. She will feel more appreciated; more loved and will become more confident and courageous in the journey of his or her life.

For little offsprings graduating from Kindergarten class, you can make their very first graduation a memorable one. Jewellery as graduation gifts will remind little gals of this crucial day in the years to come. Present your precious ones with handmade bracelets creatively adorned with Swarovski crystals or pearls with a charm of a sterling graduation cap.

For our offsprings, ideal gifts are lockets engraved with personalized inspirational messages to always remind her of her place in your heart, and that you’re the person most proud of her achievement. This can come handcrafted in solid sterling silver and can be embossed with diamonds or birthstones.

You can give these gifts before the crucial day itself. Let them use it on that crucial day. They will surely wear this with pride! We may spend extra for jewellery gifts but it will pay off as this is something your recipient will enjoy even for years to come.

Celebrate graduation as a time of new beginnings. Let your graduating son or daughter celebrate this crucial day with a gift so unique and that will last a lifetime.