* hopes & dreams

alternative title: present-tation

granted, hopes & dreams are thoughts/images of the future (that are with us at present).  the future can only be manifested in the present.  actualization (the outcome) happens in the present.

as one plans his/her future, the process can be enjoyed (in the present).

life can be enjoyed (at present) in several ways:

• sitting (or observing); paying attention
• visualization (a a process of manifestation)
• contemplation
• wallowing
• save-or-ing (e.g. to savor)
• re-membering (with gratitude)

at present, one can observe the good & the bad, 

the ebb & the flow, 

the successes & the challenges, 

the pleasure & the pain, 

etc. 

and In-joy It All!

a technique:

• during "good" times, wallow.  savor.  immerse. smile.
• don't analyze or take a logical-path.
• get 'lost' in the Play.  amplify senses & sense-u-ality.
• be the actor, not the audience.
• during "bad" times, observe (like a move-ie or drama).
• witness.  determine courses of action.  reason.
• see pain as feedback.  positive feedback.
• be the audience.  step back.  see the bigger picture.
• during the in-between times, contemplate.  plan.  experience gratitude.
• be the director.
• visualize, dream, fantasize.

at all times, awareness is paramount.  in good times, tend toward sense-u-all awareness.  in not-so-good times, trend toward detached awareness. 

when we can experience the bad times as good feedback, life trans-forms into an it's-all-Good time.