🧠 Forever is composed of nows

Be the person who romanticizes their life because they know magic exists where you choose to find it.

Here are three mindsets to help you embrace the power of the present.

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- Case Kenny (@case.kenny)

1. Forever is composed of nows

Today’s episode of the podcast is about redefining what it means to be happy by embracing the present. We usually treat the present as a stepping stone, waiting for life to feel significant enough to enjoy. But here’s the truth: the present isn’t a placeholder for better days, it’s the only moment that’s real. As Emily Dickinson said, “Forever is composed of nows.” The past is just nostalgia, the future is a fantasy, and the now is where life actually happens.

Happiness isn’t waiting for you in some distant finish line. We need to stop seeing the now as a means to an end or a waiting room for better days. Life doesn’t need to be perfect to be meaningful. The present isn’t asking you to fix it or wait for it -it’s offering itself to you right now. If you keep chasing or waiting, you’ll miss it. Forever is composed of nows.

Listen to episode 652 here.

2. You can start from nothing

Here’s what I know about life: you can start with nothing and end up with everything. I also know that you can have everything, lose it all… and rebuild from nothing.

If you think about it and look back… you’ve already proven that you have this ability.

• You started with no job.

• You started with never standing up for yourself.

• You started with never putting yourself first.

• You started with no vision for what you wanted in life.

Right now you might not have everything in the sense that you’ve crossed some finish line but you’ve proven that it is very possible to start from zero. But far too often we don’t realize this and so we talk ourselves out of doing big, bold things simply because we think we need a running start.

But you don’t need to start with anything. You can build from nothing.

• You can go from being the most self conscious person in the world to someone who loves everything about him/herself.

• You can go from the world’s biggest introvert to the loudest, joking extrovert.

• You can go from working a job you hate to finding your dream job.

• You can go from working paycheck to paycheck to being well-off.

• You can go from hating your body to loving it.

• You can go from having no voice to having your voice heard.

Just like everyone who has come before you and built from nothing, you can too. Yes, it’s going to take a lot of work and yes some people have a head start over you… but it is possible and it’s the mindset behind this that will keep you going.

You can start from zero. You can start from less than zero.

And not only that, but you can also rebuild. 

Life has a way of testing us and sometimes that comes in the form of massive failure, heartbreaking rejection, a whirlwind of confusion or feeling lost… all that ultimately resets you back to zero - zero relationship, zero drive, zero confidence, zero vision. But you can start from where you are and build to where you want to be… again.

You can choose to believe that some folks just have it and you don’t OR you can stand up straight and get excited because you know that you’re not afraid to start from zero.

So ask yourself: Do you see starting at zero as the end of line and that there’s no point in trying? OR do you get excited because you know it’s all growth from here?

You have a choice… so why not choose to believe that are capable and you have compassion, energy and hunger? Why not choose to believe that you can start from nothing and end with everything?

3. Keep going

People who could write novels about pain, but choose to live poems of hope should be protected at all costs.

My name is Case. I believe in the power of perspective.

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