Remembering the Moment

Enjoying Life

Life, in all of its fullness, is happening right now. While our thoughts are sometimes elsewhere, beautiful opportunities and moments are being passed over and lost to the flow of time. And though we cannot possibly fully experience each leaf that falls to the ground, sometimes we get so attached to reaching our goals that we don’t pay attention to the wonder all around us. When we do that, we live in a world that exists only in our heads, while we miss life itself. There is so much to be enjoyed and appreciated that we need to remember to pay attention to the present moment, because it is the only space in which we can experience being alive.

We learn from our past, but dwelling on it keeps us from being fully present to life in the moment. We create our lives with our thoughts, but focusing so firmly on our imagined future keeps us from co-creating with the universe, so we might never allow ourselves to live our dreams as they manifest. It’s possible to be so happy and comfortable in our inner worlds that we lose touch with the business of life. We may enjoy spending large portions of time in meditation, or focused on our thoughts.

Life must be attended to, and if we are wise, we can enjoy it at the same time. We can awaken ourselves to the moment we are living right now by taking a deep breath and simply looking around. In doing so, we refocus our attention to our location in the real world. Then we can learn to appreciate the process of working toward our goals as much as their attainment. Balancing ourselves between the present moment and eternity, we can experience and enjoy the full range of reality available to us as spiritual beings living on earth.

 

What do you think?

Great post Darlene...thanks for sharing!!

Hugs, connie d

I LOVE this post.  It really reminds me to stay in the moment.  I've always had a hard time remembering that.  My old sponser used to give me a rubber band to put on my wrist and pop it when I was out there in the future somewhere.  Because all we really have is today, so one more time I am reminded to stay in the now.  Thanks Darlene.

I recently took my 4-year old grandson to see "Kung Fu Panda" and there was a line that shared your sentiment. The fat panda didn't think he was the "chosen one" and felt inadequate. The wise teacher told him to forget about yesterday because that was in the past; don't worry about tomorrow because it was uncertain; but concentrate on TODAY because TODAY is a gift and that's why we call it "THE PRESENT".

I've thought about that line many times since seeing the movie. Who would think that something so profound would come out of a kid's movie.

Today, I'm enjoying the gift because I can walk and am thin thanks to 2 surgeries this past year! We all may enjoy the gift of everyday and get up and take a walk or have a manicure or shop for a new outfit!

Good luck to all of you and may you find the special gift of today.

Oh Darlene - this is so me! Or should I say was me! I've spent most of my life living in my head and waiting for my live to begin. I'm 52 now and have decided to live my live now.

It's because I've changed my way of thinking that I've decided to seek help with WLS. I'm trying to get on with living each day as it comes, but am limited physically due to my weight. However, I am living as best I can with my limitations and will only enjoy life more when I loose the weight.

Thanks for posting this and reminding me where I've come from!
Maggie