5. You are conscious of each choice you make as you go through your day, and recognize that life is created through these 'little' choices, or non-choices, for that matter. You experience joy with each choice you make.

6. There are no awkward relationships. When you are fully present in moment, past slips off your shoulders. This is true even if you have not yet completely healed past. When you are fully present in this moment, you allow other person to be fully present in moment, and you see them as they are now, not as they used to be. (This can often be beginning of healing past).

Allow yourself to be on lookout for these signals, and congratulate yourself every time you notice yourself living in moment!

Recently, I was involved in a workshop on Life Planning. When leader asked question 'What is stopping you from having life you want', I was shocked when I realized my uncensored answer was 'what if it's wrong path?'. This is more of that 'forever' thinking. There truly is no such thing as 'wrong' path. My logical mind knows this: there are no mistakes, there is only experience.

And yet, I was surprised that this fear had resurfaced. Once we have a major realization, we often think that it's behind us, that it won't come up again. Life lessons, however, tend to come at us 'onion-fashion'. We peel off one layer, work with that a bit, and then one day (sometimes years later) we find next layer.

So how am I dealing with this Fear of Forever? I've come up with a phrase that I find helpful, and I have a huge sign on my desktop: 'Forever is for as long as it feels right'. It may seem silly, but it lets me take a deep breath and put whole 'forever' thing in perspective. And without doing that, there are some wonderful big steps (like getting married) that I might never have taken.

It is not less of a commitment to thing that I am choosing. In fact, I think it helps me stay focused in moment and living in 'now' rather than in past or future. In reality, all we have is now. No one can know what future can bring. That's part of adventure of life. All I know for sure is that I'm not going to let fear of forever stop me from delighting in joy of present!