Can't See The Forest For The Trees

Pedantic, she called me.
So true.
Though I'd rather be pedantic than ambivalent. Ahem.
However...pedantic I am and really need some help seeing the forest that is my life in it's fullest scope.
I forgot a very special birthday today thanks to my termite-obsessive focus on the details of the short story of the moment. Wow. I can't believe. To be that immersed...just deep in it. To not be fully available to be giving to and celebratory of the people I love.
What a hole.
What kind of life is that?
A hole of a life, that's what.
Can I blame it on my Pluto in Virgo in my 5th house, (in the neighborhood of my 5th house Virgo south node) ~ focal point of a yod?
For my non-astrologer friends...this means I need to get a life. A bigger life. A creative life. A destiny that extends beyond the flavor of the month.
Did I say I need help?
I actually really do.
For my health and the health of those around me.
Eckhart Tolle is helping some. But that's a tricky philosophy there. (Not). He reminds me to notice that the incessant voice in my head obsessed with story isn't really me. It's not what matters. It's not real even. And he also tells me to be aware of my relationship to this moment. The only moment. The Now.
For someone like me...I could take that to mean that the future isn't as important as what's happening right now in my life. However, that would keep me obsessed with detail. When in truth, I understand that what's happening right now in my life is not the story that's running through my head like a disease. That's what's not real.
What's happening right now is I am blessed to be breathing air into and out from my lungs.
What's happening right now is the warm forehead of my beloved cat Lola is pressed against the crook of my elbow as I write this.
What's happening right now is I am aware that my beautiful friend Linda is celebrating her birthday in San Francisco.
What's happening right now is I am aware that my powerfully gifted friend Patricia is home experiencing the greatest challenge of her life.
What's happening right now is that an unlimited abundance of creative vitality known as Life is flowing into me.....and what's happening right now is I am acutely aware of the ego function in my head that filters it from having it's way with me.
How to be fiercely present in this moment and strategize for a life as big as a forest.
Is strategy the right word?
Maybe. But I'm betting it's not the strategy I've been using thus far.
I'm betting the actual strategy is revealed the more consistently I can remain present.