Accepting the present moment just as it is does not mean that I am resigning myself to circumstances always being as they are.  When I accept this moment just as it is - even if my ego doesn't like it - I discover that the energy I once directed to resistance can be channeled into creativity.

~Dean Jackson

When I find myself in a moment of stress or anxiety, I ask myself a very simple, magical question: Is this Now? 

~Dean Jackson

There is no judgment in the present moment.

~Dean Jackson

Each instant is new beginning, a blank canvas, fresh clean and alive, and you are the artist.

~Dean Jackson

Fear is the mind's anticipation of some negative consequence to come; and the mind's interpretation is not reality. 

~Dean Jackson

Living for the moment is an act of ego gratification. Living in the moment is alignment with the true self.

~Dean Jackson