A study was posted in the Harvard Gazette reporting "about 47% of waking hours are spent thinking about what isn't going on." Rumination on the past and anxiety about the future produces unhappiness and wastes our actual life moments.
Waking up to life does not mean you must leave what is to find what may never be. Waking up starts by simply being present to the moment, present to yourself, present to nature, present to the people in your world, present to the voice of God within and without, present and aware of the here and now. As you do, you will find your authentic self and the path you are walking on will lead to all you need to experience, one present moment at a time.
I watched an old Robin Williams movie called, "Awakenings" based on a true story of a researcher/doctor who assists in helping several catatonic patients "wake up." As he helps them, he finds himself waking up. It's a thought provoking movie if you're looking for one of those.
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