Being in the Moment

I sent out our monthly e-newsletter, Better Writing at Work, yesterday. As usual we got hundreds of out-of-office messages. Here is my favorite, which came from Phillip in Germany:

"I am in the moment not in the office."

I prefer Phillip's preposition.

Lynn
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Comments

[yoav]

That actually sounds like an excellent Zen koan.

[nisha]

I think that should have been..
"I am, at the moment, not in the office."

or

"At the moment, I am not in the office."

[Margaret]

I, too, like the Zen sound of this.

[Lynn Gaertner-Johnston]

Thanks, Yoav and Margaret, for your Zen appreciation.

Nisha, I believe you are right about what Phillip actually intended. I enjoyed what he inadvertently communicated.

Lynn