Today was one of those days. Between computer glitches and driving persons in pain to a health care clinic, one in morning and one in the afternoon, I did not get much done of what I wanted to do. I especially wanted to work in the gardens outside and inside the house. The computer glitches were the most annoying and time delaying. At least with driving persons to clinics and waiting for them to see the doctor there is a sense of doing something meaningful. Not with techno mishaps.

Going to pick up a friend this afternoon for a doctor’s visit I started to listen to public radio show Speaking of Faith. Today’s conversation was with the spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. He was talking about the power of living in the now of the present moment. His bestselling book is called “The Power of the Now.” This is a subject of great interest to me.

However, as he was talking on the radio my friend came to the car and she wanted to talk. Talking with her in the present was far more important than listening to the master talk about the now. However, I felt somewhat disappointed missing the interview till I realized that through the power of the same computer that was causing me so much trouble today, I could listen to the broadcast anytime I wanted on the web.

The power of the now of listening can become the power of the now whenever I am ready to listen. Hopefully tomorrow the now will take me into house gardens and I can enjoy the power of the now in the garden.

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