It can be tricky to stay present in a world that seems hell bent on distracting you.  It feels like just about everything in this reality is designed to take you out of the present moment and annoy you in some way; prod you, push you, piss you off and then put you off. What’s really interesting (or horrifying depending on your perspective) is that our culture is normalising difficulties. Individuals are more likely to connect over their pain and disappointments than their dreams or victories. People get together and complain about stuff. The weather, the price of petrol, the state of the world and that selfish #!@%# down the road who should know better.  If it’s not one thing – it’s your mother. We do ‘negativity’ on autopilot and in many cases we look forward to it. I often warn people, beware of the Diffi-Cult – don’t join them! You’ll get swept up by the latest worst case scenarios and get stuck in a ‘dwell’. THEN you’ll become a Momenterrorist and holy NOW COW – we don’t need more ...