At the session’s climax, Joe asks Clint to look inside and, without going into the past or the future, tell him what’s not lovable right now. Clint’s answer: “Nothing.” Whenever he stays in the present, he’s fine. It’s the future that pulls him from presence — the scarcity mindset, the anxiety about what’s to come.
Joe then playfully asks Clint to leave the present. Clint can’t. “Nope. Still here.” The point lands: you can’t actually leave the present. The future-tripping is thoughts happening in the present, not an actual departure from now. All the unlovability, all the not-enough-ness, exists only in mental time travel.
“Without going into the past or the future, tell me what’s not lovable right now. — Nothing.”
Clint has already worked through the past and feels good about it despite mistakes. The future is where the pattern still operates — projecting obligation and scarcity forward. But the present moment reveals a simple truth: right now, there’s love, acceptance, community, and compassion. The answer was always here.
Related Concepts
- Purpose is lived in the present moment
- You can’t stop being present
- Self-compassion before external success