YOU ARE THIS MOMENT: Why Your Past Can't Touch You and Your Future Hasn't Happened Yet

Tactical Tuesday
By Brett G Waddell ~ TheMorningMotivator.com

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Your first day of school, your first day on the job — it wasn't perfect but you got it done. And looking back, it was easy.

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🟢 Now is a time in our history where we need to stand up for what we know is right — NOT what we've been brainwashed to think. Let's look back on this time and say "that's when things got better," not "that's when the world was destroyed."

💰 Yes there is a cost... You have to PAY Attention. (The real cost comes from not paying attention.)

The moving video below is worth some attention. I break it down for a quick read. This is a very important tactic to transform your life, to tap into who you really are — the authentic you.

The deeper we can live each moment, the more joy and peace we can invite into our lives. It doesn't matter what happened yesterday. It doesn't matter what will happen tomorrow. We are not our mistakes, nor are we our successes. We are this one, eternal, priceless moment.

With Extreme Gratitude...

Let's get to it!

"As we breathe the air from the trees we become the trees. As we eat the food of the earth we become the food." You are literally exchanging atoms with everything around you, every second.

THE REAL-LIFE SCENARIO (From the Film Below)

In the documentary, a man is sitting in nature, watching a huge snail crawl by. He gets distracted mid-sentence — and laughs. "Oh, something else I was gonna say I forgot — snail distracted me."

That's the whole teaching. My kind of tactic!

He talks about how ads and crowds drain your energy, but sunshine and trees restore it.

"We are nature," he says. He loves the rain even when it ruins plans, because "that's the beauty of life — it's always uncertain."

Then he drops the story that changed my morning:

He was working in advertising. He decided to sell everything. He bought a one-way ticket to India. He realized his job had become a prison, his apartment a cell, and his possessions were just baggage weighing him down. (sound familiar?)

The closer he got to quitting, the more the system tried to keep him.

A raise. A promotion. A job offer. When he finally told his boss "I quit," the boss said, "What can we do to get you to stay?" He answered, "Double it" — knowing they wouldn't. Because there was nothing left to negotiate. He had to go.

He says, "Some people think I work for the World Economic Forum and I want you to own nothing and be happy. I don't. I want you to realize happiness doesn't come from the home."

"The only way we can really ever connect with anybody is to be fully present and to see beyond the labels." Stranger, friend, nice guy, mean guy — drop them. See the person.

THE SCIENCE TEASER

Your brain does not live in the past or future. It only fires in the NOW.

Dr. Joe Dispenza's research shows that when you place your sustained attention on the present moment, you move from high-beta survival brainwaves (stress, analysis, time-traveling) into alpha and theta — the programmable states where neuroplasticity skyrockets.

Dr. Bruce Lipton proved it 20 years ago: "The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body."

"Where you place your attention is where you place your energy." — Dr. Joe Dispenza

This isn't philosophy. This is biology. As the film says at 2:13: "As we breathe the air from the trees we become the trees. As we eat the food of the earth we become the food." You are literally exchanging atoms with everything around you, every second.

WATCH THIS FIRST, THEN WATCH YOURSELF:

Did you feel your shoulders drop at 5:30 when he said "all there is and all there ever has been is this moment"? That wasn't him. That was YOU recognizing the truth. Don't just watch this movie — watch yourself watching it. Awareness brings answers.

THE CORE CONCEPT: YOU ARE NOT YOUR STORY

Let's break down what he actually said, because it's the foundation of the REAP system:

1. You are significantly insignificant.

We are "tiny specks in a galaxy which is a tiny speck in the universe." Our lives are "no more important than ants and no less important than anyone else's."

This isn't depressing — it's freeing! Your bank account, your nose, your job title... none of it matters to the universe. So you can stop carrying it.

2. You are not your labels.

"Most people think of themselves as their accomplishments, their big possessions, their job, their role in the family." But you would still be YOU with a different job.

You can't hold an achievement. It's not part of you.

3. There is no past or future.

Time is timeless. He says you can keep dividing a second in half forever and you'll never find a "moment" — because the moment doesn't exist in time. There is only ONE moment, and it is who you are right now.

Every breath is a birth and a death. Invite life. Let go.

4. Your thoughts are insane.

"As soon as we start observing our thoughts we see how crazy it would be to believe them all." They are repetitive, negative, and often just insane things that pop in.

You wouldn't jump off a subway platform because the thought appeared. So why believe the thought "I'm not good enough"?

5. Connection requires presence.

"The only way we can really ever connect with anybody is to be fully present and to see beyond the labels." Stranger, friend, nice guy, mean guy — drop them. See the person.

💠 He ends with the ultimate truth: Everything is mostly empty space and radiating energy. Your story is malleable, like Michelangelo's David — "the statue was always there in the block of marble." Thats science.

REAP PRACTICAL APPLICATION

✨ AWARENESS BRINGS ANSWERS! ✨

The REAP Framework: Your Blueprint for Perfect Days

R — RECOGNIZE & Run Out
Notice the resistance:
"Yesterday defines me."
"I'll start tomorrow."
"I'm my mistakes and my successes."
See the thought. Don't judge it.

E — EXCHANGE & Envision
Replace it with:
"I am this moment."
"My past is a memory, my future is imagination."
"As I breathe, I become new."

A — ACTIVATE With Action
Roll out the mat. Press play. Do the first 60 seconds of presence.
That's it.
"Success is not something you pursue. Success is something you attract by becoming the person who deserves it." — Jim Rohn

P — PROGRAM & Prosper
Repeat tomorrow. And the next day. Rep after rep. Hebb's Law takes care of the wiring.

What would I do today if I ONLY had this moment?

⚠️ CRITICAL WINDOW: FIRST 5 MINUTES

The REAP reps work best BEFORE the world gets its vote.

When you wake up, your brain is in theta — highly programmable!

During this window, your critical faculty is offline, cortisol is rising to wake the body, and your subconscious is wide open to suggestion.

That's why what you think, say, and feel in these first 300 seconds sets the neurological tone for the entire day.

That's your window.

That's why I created:

The 5-Minute Theta Mornings Routine

• No decisions.

• No willpower.

• Just open, read, rewire.

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Stack the reps, baby!

⏱️ YOUR 5-MINUTE ACTION PLAN (LOOP INTERRUPT)

Starting NOW. Your future self will thank you!

Minute 1: Take three deep breaths. Relax your shoulders. Drop your jaw. Exhale longer than you inhale. (Birth. Death.)

Minute 2: Ask yourself: "Where am I waiting for yesterday to change, or tomorrow to save me?"

Minute 3: Ask yourself: "What would I do today if I was ONLY this moment?"

Minute 4: Choose ONE action from that answer. Something you can do in the next 24 hours. Alone.

Minute 5: Commit. Out loud if possible. "I am the source of my own momentum. I don't wait. I walk."

That's it. Five minutes. One REAP completed.

This is how we reach the perfect day. Not all at once. One deposit at a time. One pillar at a time. One morning at a time.

If you felt that pull in your chest while reading this — if you're tired of carrying yesterday on your shoulders — act now. Thats a sign.

FAQ:

Q: Is this just "be present" fluff? My bills are real.

A: Your bills are real. Your story about them is optional. Presence doesn't pay the bill — it stops the cortisol spike that keeps you from thinking clearly enough TO pay the bill. Dr. Lipton's work shows stress perception literally shuts down frontal lobe function.

Q: What if I don’t feel anything when I try to be present?

A: You’re still receiving it. Your brain filters reality based on relevance. Raise your awareness (meditation, journaling, quiet focus) and the filter adjusts. The snail in the video is the teaching — you have to look closer.

Q: How is this different from just positive thinking?

A: Positive thinking stays in the cortex. REAP rewires the limbic system. It’s elevated emotion + focused repetition + behavioral alignment in theta. That’s how neural pathways actually change. That’s how old patterns die and new ones live.

NOW is Your Time!

This is your moment!

If you felt that pull in your chest while reading this — if you're tired of carrying yesterday on your shoulders — act now.

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Where will you put your energy today? Building Your Reality or Somebody Else's?

What's Your Vision?
Where Are You Going?

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P.S. — This is how we reach the perfect day. Not all at once. One deposit at a time. One pillar at a time. One morning at a time. See you tomorrow at 4:44 AM.

Hey, I’m just your science-backed, soul-led, unapologetically human, mindset & motivation trainer. The content provided in this blog post is for educational and informational purposes only. I am not a licensed therapist, and this blog is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I’ll catch you tomorrow.

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