About the Author
This site is written by Jason E. Marshall.
I am a practicing attorney in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I have a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science, and a Juris Doctorate. I have been interested in comparative religion, as well as spiritual and self-transformative practices for almost a decade. I have written several articles involving comparative religion, and esoteric subjects, and I am currently working on a book, which will hopefully be published by Fall 2012. I am also a featured writer for Living Stones Magazine (www.livingstonesmagazine.com)
I am married to a wonderful woman, Jessica Marshall, and I have one son, Jason II.
I created this site to share ideas involving how to truly live life to the fullest, which is admittedly something that I have struggled with my entire life. Until relatively recently, I was always waiting for the moment that I would be an adult, successful, “complete” in some way. I was always looking forward to conquering the next mountain (college, law school, career, family etc.) then I would be truly happy. However, when the attainment of these goals finally came they didn’t make me happy, I just looked forward to the next goal. Finally one day I realized that I needed to be happy where I was right now, and stop thinking that I will be happy in the future, after I do X. At the same time I also realized that I needed to move on from my past, and stop dwelling on past mistakes.
By practicing simple techniques, and making a conscious effort to tap into life, and all of its mysteries, you can begin to enjoy life and better deal with the peaks and valleys along the road of life.
I hope that you enjoy this site, visit it often, and share it with others.
Thanks for visiting!
Feel free to contact me at: Jason@LivingInTheNow.net, or follow me on Twitter: @JasonLivingNow
- Jason
AWESOME SITE JASON — GOOD LESSONS INDEED!!!!
LINDA
Hi Jason! Great Site! I so enjoyed reading your posts and look forward to more! Great lessons for life!
Katherine
Hi Jason! Great blog! Thanks for liking my posts on my blog
Lots of love
MAdhvi
I’m glad that you enjoyed this! Thanks for commenting, and I have really enjoyed your blog as well!
Hi Jason,
You really hit the jackpot! What a wonderful blog! I just started mine, perhaps we can cooperate in some way, we seem to have the same goal; we would like others to find fundamental happiness just as we and we want to share what we have learned so far.
l will be following your blogs with pleasure and I hope I can return the favor by interesting articles on my blog (?).
regards
Francois
Wow, I just looked over your site and I love it! I am not sure that I see a place to subscribe to new posts though. I would be happy to collaberate with you. Send me an email and we can discuss it. Jason@livinginthenow.net
Thanks for the compliment, looking forward to your comments and the cooperation.
By the way:
have you read my article concerning the “IF” word, it sounds a bit like it is yiur story
you will find it here: http://fundamentalhappiness.info/2012/03/the-if-word/
regards
Francois
Hello Jason. Thank you for taking time out to visit my blog. I’m enjoying the positive messages you have to share. Awesome site.
Hi Jason. Jason II is darling! I want to pinch those cheeks. Anyway, I wanted to stop by your blog to see what you are all about and say hello and thanks for stopping by mine!
Hi, just wanted to say thank you for stopping by my blog today. Sounds like you’re developing a healthy outlook on life!
Dear Jason! Just would like to inform you that I am nominating you for a *sunshine award* Kindly check out my blogpost for more details. You can take the image from my blogpost.
Congrats and looking forward to reading more of your thoughts…
Thank you very much! I will check it out when I get home from work!
Good to know you are in Oklahoma City Jason.
I am also but I don’t usually make that public knowledge.
You are inspiring.
Thank you.
I’m glad that you enjoy my work! I have worked at a law firm in the mid-town location for several years, and I really enjoy the area!
Thank you so much for following, Jason. I am so happy that our paths have crossed. Absolutely love what you are about. I’m looking forward to reading your words often!
I’m glad as well, I find your work really thought provoking!
Hello dear Jason, I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. Even though I am new to this blogging community, I am enjoying it and the honest sharing it provides. I find your blog to be very inspiring and have included you here in my list to help others find you as well. I know we don’t do this to win awards but if you would like to participate and choose to accept the Award please click here to see the details, or just for more info: http://professionsforpeace.com/2012/05/11/awards-can-help-spread-love/
Warmest Regards, Gina
Thank you very much Gina! I will try and create a post about it in several other award nominations in a few days. Thank you again!
That is wonderful, and it is my pleasure.
Hi Jason,
Thank you so much for liking my posts! And I’m so glad you did, as it brought me to visit your beautiful blog! It’s funny, because I’ve been struggling with so many issues you speak of, it’s almost as if the Universe has brought me here to your site! Looking forward to reading more! Deb
It always seems that I run across writings or people just when I need it. I’m glad that you found my ramblings of use!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, and I hope that you continue to visit!
Hi Jason, thanks for liking some of my photo’s, I look forward to reading your blog.
Thanks Jason for dropping by and liking some of my posts! I shall be exploring your wonderful blog and looking forward to a wonderful blogging friendship too!
Cheers,
Cynthia
You’re very welcome! I really find inspiration in your work as well! Take care, and thanks for commenting!
You are a very talented artist! Both in writing and photography! Thank you so much for visiting my site! I can’t wait to see what else you can come up with
Thank you very much! And thanks for stopping by and commenting! Take care!
Interesting bio and lovely philosophy…one heartbeat at a time, that’s all there is!
That is very true! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
HI Jason, thank you for liking my post.
Renee
Hi and thank you for stopping by my blog.
By doing so, you gained a new follower to yours.
You’re very welcome! I have added your blog to my RSS feed, I really enjoy your work as well! Thanks for subscribing and commenting!
Hi Jason,
You have put together a awesome blog. I will be following your blog and waiting to read many thought provoking posts.
Thanks for the wonderful compliment! I hope that you continue to find my thoughts relevant and useful!
Thanks for liking tetralogia. It is only about this minute, isn’t it?
Hi Jason! Thank you for visiting my blog! I really like what you write and I’m gonna follow you.
Looking forward to read more of your stuff!!
Wow, I feel like I’ve just read something I’ve written myself. I think you and I might be walking the same path! Just wanted to say thank you for swinging by my blog. Looking forward to reading more of your posts!
Hi Jason! Thanks for visiting my blog! I love your About page! I have been basically been grappling with the same questions you had, except I’ve grappled/am grappling with them even before having “climbed how many mountains” before moving on to the next one, if that even makes sense
I think people on the same path are destined to find each other and will somehow always meet at some point, so I’m glad to have been led here to your blog 
I definitely look forward to reading it! 
thanks for the visit, I look forward to your insights
Thank you for visiting my page and taking time out to read through my rambling. It means the world every time I see a new name in my notifications. Its encouraging and makes me want to keep going. So thank you once again
Very well said, and I perfectly agree and I can relate to what you have written here. All the best to you. Greetings from the world down under
nice post jason! i think that is the essence of being human…..finding happiness in the day to day just being ourselves…..pure, simple, honest. as a yoga teacher i find that peace/harmony on my mat, but the journey to find it in my everyday life is a challenge. thanks for your honesty, and i look forward to reading more about your own experiences. be well, be happy! ericka
Jason, I’m happy that we connected. Feels like we are on parallel paths. Tom
I’m happy that we connected as well! I too feel that we are on similar paths. Be well!
really like the premise, jason. i’m trying to capture that sentiment in writing about surfing. thanks for visiting thewavewithin. dave
Thank you, and I really think you have a cool premise for your blog!
Thanks for dropping by my site.
You’re very welcome, thanks for stopping by mine!
Hi Jason,
Thank you for visiting my fledgling blog and like some of my posts. I am so glad you did so I can find your blog which is fantastic! I recognize so much of my own thoughts in what you wrote here. My profession is also legal and I have been waiting and searching for this illusive state of ‘completeness’ for most of my life.
Looking forward to reading more of your posts.
Daniela
I’m glad that our paths crossed! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope that you continue to find my ramblings useful!
Greetings Jason from India,
Nice blog. Your thoughts convey the deeper meaning of life beautifully.
Kind regards,
Dilip
Thank you for the wonderful comment! I’m glad that you are enjoying the site, and thanks for your kind words! I am always encouraged when people tell me they enjoy my work!
Jason…thanks so much for your comments yesterday on my blog http://www.servingothersblog.com
I have just subscribed to yours…lots of interesting stuff here. I am just beginning this blog journey, and was hoping you might have some advice on how to grow my audience. I feel that I have some posts that may be able to serve others in some way, but I’m looking for insight. Many thanks.
Hi Jason! I’ve nominated you for The Reader Appreciation Award in my blog. Thank you for your support and happy reading/writing!
C.
What a beautiful site! I frequently have to be reminded to live in the moment. I’ll be reading frequently!
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment! My living in the now (mindfulness) practices are a work in progress, but I keep reminding myself to plug in and “experience life”, thankfully, I have found that my necessity for reminders has become less and less though!
Thank you, for sharing your story. I think you have a new follower because I’m newly eighteen and everything I thought would happen to me as an adult kind of drove me off course and I’m ambling on my feet trying to find my way.
Jason, your blog’s title caught my eye! Do you enjoy Eckhart Tolle?
I actually started this blog before ever reading any of Tolle’s work. I based the name off of the teachings contained in various Buddhist schools regarding living mindfully, living in the present, etc. However, after starting th blog, I had many people contact me regarding Tolle’s “The Power of Now”, so I read it, and I think he and I have similar view points! Thanks for stopping by and commenting, I think you have a wonderful blog as well!
That is wonderful! He is an amazing author. If you haven’t read it, I also heartily recommend “A New Earth.”
And thanks!
Hi! Thank you for the likes on my blog. Going to check out yours too. Have a great day
Hi Mr.Marshall, I like your blog! THank you for liking a couple of my post on my other blog (etpov). I have two blogs and this one, LoVsnMua, \ touches on similar topics that you are interested in.I think it’s great you are spreading good energy out there and making a difference.Also lovely family!:)
Thank you for liking my post. I have enjoyed reading your very inspirational posts! Best wishes, simple cherishes.
I think it’s cool that you started this blog to share ideas about how to enjoy life to the fullest. I have found that blogging itself has actually helped me do just that!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today Jason and a special thank you for all of the “likes”! I do hope you stop by again soon.
You have a very interesting blog and a fabulous writing style. You are gifted with the ability to gracefully use the written word.
Robyn
The eternal search for happiness never ends yet we continue doing so! its all in the mind,happiness is what we can feel every moment in every step of life.It was wonderful to know about you and to hear your honest confessions.Thanks for visiting my blog and Iam sure my posts will bring a ray of joy!
I love your titles, very grabbing! Makes me want to read them all right now even though I ma supposed to be getting ready for work! I am excited that you popped onto my blog, and look forward to exploring yours. Wishing you a successful journey, Cheri
Sounds like you and I will get along really well! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, allowing me to discover yours!
Hi Jason, Thanks for reading and ‘liking’ my blog. Noticed in your blog that everywhere around the world thought about “happiness” was more about “achievements” in our prospective career….and we never thought about the simple things in our life as happiness. I learned mine too the same way that now Iam able to share with rest of people that “happiness” is all around us rather than all the “selfish” achievements we can always make.
Hello Jason,
I hope it is not too late to wish you a wonderful New Year. May 2013 bring you more happiness, love, and success. I would like to thank you because you keep following my blog. I hope my blog posts do not disappoint you and that your visits in there have been a joyful ride.
Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you.
Subhan Zein
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Hi Jason,
I’ve nominated you for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award! You deserve it!
Have a wonderful day!
Deb
Thank you very much! I am honored!