Presence means being fully here and available in this very moment and not distracted by the future or worrying about the past. It means noticing what’s happening now with clarity and as much detail as possible. Within each of us lives a yearning for presence: a thirst for wholeness, a drive to be more than just digitally connected humans or mere projections of our fears and insecurities.
We desire to see, hear, smell, taste and feel life. We long for the unbridled joy of being immersed in something so real it almost hurts. In short, we want to be present. But unfortunately, we spend so much time networking online, pretending to be someone else when offline or distracted by the ever-so-long to-do list that we have forgotten how to just be ourselves.
This disconnected way of being has become dangerous because it prevents us from clearly defining what we want and taking responsibility for creating it. Instead, we seem to be driven by outside forces telling us how we should be and what we should want. We essentially go on autopilot.
Why Is Presence So Important?
Before we examine why presence is so significant, let’s first ensure we understand what presence is.
Simply put, presence is the ability to be in the moment. It is fully accepting whatever…
