The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

case reports and your mind started to wander and you started to
feel sleepy?"
"From time to time," I answered, not wishing to reveal the fact
that this was my modus operandi. "Sure, most of us feel drowsy at
work on a regular basis."
"Yet, if a friend calls on the phone to ask you if you want to go
out to the ball game that night or asks you for advice on his golf
game, I have no doubt that you would spring to life. Every trace of
your fatigue would vanish. Is that a fair assessment?"
"That's fair, counselor."
Julian knew he was on a roll. "So your tiredness was nothing
more then a mental creation, a bad habit your mind has cultivated
to act as a crutch when you are performing a tedious task. Tonight
you are obviously enchanted with my story and keen to learn the
wisdom that has been revealed to me. Your interest and mental
focus give you energy. This evening, your mind has not been in the
past nor has it been in the future. It has been squarely focused on
the present, on our conversation. When you consistently direct
your mind to live in the present you will always have boundless
energy, no matter what time the clock reflects."
I nodded my head in agreement. Julian's wisdom seemed so
obvious and yet so much of it had never occurred to me. I guess
common sense is not always so common. I thought about what my
father used to tell me when I was growing up: "Only those who
seek shall find." I wished he was with me.