As the story goes

The young man broke into a smile. It was so obvious!
he took a deep breathe and relaxed
he looked around the cabin and appreciated it in a whole new way

Then the young man knew The Present means focusin on wad is happening right nw
The next week at work,
he sat down to finish a project that had been hangin over his head
then he remembered to use what he had learned.

he took a moment to be in the Present.
He took in a deep breath, looked around him
and appreciated what was right now !

He realized he may not hv been promoted, but he still had his job
and he had a gd workin environment that was fairly quiet and organized
He realized it was all too easy to forget wad he had right now

However,juz when he thought he knew how to be in The Present
a problem arose
The difficulty began when he was workin with someone else on a project

The other ppl made little effort,and offered few ideas
rather thn talkin to the person abt pullin their weight,
the young man took on the work himself
before long, he had fallen behind
then he missed a deadline.....

He wondered wad would the old man do in the same situation.
uncertain, he returned to talk with the old man.

it seems that every now and then
the young man was still thinkin of the promotion he didnt gt,
and he had no idea y he was havin such hard time letting go of that...

The old man said, " Perhaps this will help: