Christmas is coming

Four and a half months out, you'll often hear people saying things like:

"Christmas is coming."

"We're racing at breakneck speed towards the end of the year."

"This year has just flown by."

Nice metaphors for sure; they paint a vivid mental picture of time in motion.

But they also create a sense of anxiety, that somehow, we find ourselves at 'the mercy of time'.

Time is portrayed as either baring down upon us, or we are on some kind of metaphorical freight train that has lost control, and we are the helpless passengers on board, dreading the imminent arrival of a much-loathed destination.

The idea that 'Christmas is coming' is flawed.

The Christmas event is neither physically approaching towards us, nor are we travelling through time to meet it.

We only say these things in an attempt to mentally locate ourselves in the sequence of events that usually take place within a recognised year. We use metaphor to try and make sense of our place in the world.

But framing time in this way is disempowering and can make us feel like victims.

The only truth is the ever unfolding present

The present is unfolding at the same rate and in the same way as it always has.

In the ever unfolding present we can choose what we create at any moment.

Right now there are countless options available that at some present moment could result in an overall outcome that fits within the parameters of our vision.

What small step can we take today that will get us closer to that vision?