1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Today's tip is about one way to become more present 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: and focused. When you're starting to feel anxious about the news, 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: or you're distracted by the myriad things you need to do, 6 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: start repeating this mantra now here this. This tip comes 7 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: from an interview on Christa Tippett's podcast on being Catholic. 8 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: Priest Greg Boyle, who wrote Tattoos on the Heart The 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: Power of Boundless Compassion, describe using this exact mantra to 10 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: help keep himself present. Now here this. As soon as 11 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: I heard these words, which also turn out to be 12 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: the title of an off Broadway musical, I knew I 13 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: had to borrow the phrase now here this. Like a 14 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: lot of people, I sometimes feel pulled in multiple directions work, family, 15 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: and the rest of life. These days, as my kids 16 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,639 Speaker 1: and husband and I are all working and doing school 17 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: from home, I feel even more like I should always 18 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: be doing something else. We've developed some routines in our 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: household for creating structure amid the chaos, but still, when 20 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: it's a Tuesday morning at ten AM and I'm trying 21 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: to set up one of my kids on Zoom for 22 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: a class meeting. Well, I've got emails piling up and 23 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: the clock is ticking before the baby needs to eat again. 24 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: It's hard to appreciate my kid's joy at seeing her classmates. 25 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: It's moments like these when I need to remind myself 26 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: now here this. If my kids are excited about something, 27 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: or if I've carved out time to play with them, 28 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: I want to be fully present. It's fine to take 29 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: ten minutes to race around the backyard in the middle 30 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: of the work day. If I've chosen to read an 31 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: article or a book, I want to read it and 32 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: not be constantly leaping over to the news. If I'm 33 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: recording this podcast, well, best not to worry about whether 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: someone is going to bang down the door of my 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: home office in two minutes. If so, we'll edit it out. 36 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: If I'm constantly thinking about it, I'll be tense and 37 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: my listeners will hear that now here this. Of course, 38 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: there are lots of mantras you can use to help 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: center yourself and be present, but I find this one 40 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: particularly compelling. It's short, it's sweet, and it also reminds 41 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: me that the strange time will before too long be over. 42 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: At some point we will be looking back on this, 43 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: trying to reconstruct our memories of this pivotal time in 44 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: the world's history. We are living through a time we'll 45 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: be talking about for many years to come. And despite 46 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: the uncertainty about all that is going on in the world, 47 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: many of us are experiencing some profound moments that come 48 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: from being around owned at least our immediate loved ones. 49 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: Someday soon we won't all be eating family lunches together 50 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: on Tuesdays. This mantra brings me back to the little 51 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: faces shoveling in bites of mac and cheese. Now Here, this, ultimately, 52 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: the present moment, is all we have. We may as 53 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: well notice these little jewels of days in the meantime. 54 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making 55 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: the most of our time. 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