Ever wonder why a person who seems to be very alert, falls down the stairs?
Paying attention means, keeping your mind and body in the same place…. continuously. Focusing, or paying attention to the thing we are doing in this moment, is not just an optional way of passing the time.
This begins to show when we get older….
While we can chalk it up to daydreaming when we are young, but as we get older, the onset of forgetting things, and mind wandering becomes more and more invasive.
Boredom is dangerous, because it shows us living in a constant state of “It is like this, but i wish it was like that.” That creates a divided mind, and a type of catch 22.
The way we use our brain, can seriously affect how we live our later years.
Spend some time alone every day, sitting quietly and focusing on here and now. It will expose your brain habits…..
Our mind likes to look behind us a few moments, and speculate on the coming moments…..
The English “ing” is present tense, and present moment.
Be breath ING.
Be do ING your present task with your whole attention.
See ING, hear ING, smell ING, taste ING, touch ING.
THese are our bodies built in devices of be ING in the present moment.
Reality is Dharma 
Of course, technically -ing verb forms are progressive/continuing. I see what you are saying … but the “be” (or “have”) helping verbs are the actual action (grammatically speaking…). Technically: “A verb tense indicates when the action is taking place—in the past, present or future. A verb participle does not indicate the time frame of an action. In fact, participle verbs don’t focus on action at all. When a verb is put in its participle form, it actually functions as an adjective that describes a noun.” LOL, just thought I’d mess with you a bit 🙂
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