"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
-- Annie Dillard
We lose the power of the moment because we're so rarely in it. We're reliving the past or speculating about the future. We continue to believe that tomorrow's the day when I'll be more capable, more wealthy, more fit and more loving. Meanwhile, I'm just putting in time, dreaming of better things but not making any concrete move to realize them.
When you find yourself thinking of the future or the past, bring your awareness into the present moment. Really experience how you feel and what’s happening around you, without judgment. If we can treasure each moment, our lives will be rich, no matter what we have accomplished.
"Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever."
-- Horace Mann
"If, before going to bed every night, you will tear a page from the calendar, and remark, 'there goes another day of my life, never to return,' you will become time conscious."
-- A. B. Zu Tavern
~Higher Awareness 2/27
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I really liked that first part by Annie Dillard. So true. At times I find myself doing the exact thing which I know I should not be doing. Takes away all the joy from today. This is something I really work hard on these days, to live in this 24 hr. period.
Life is tough right now. Haven't been to a meeting since Friday. Been really sick and don't want to make anyone else sick along the way. Seems like the right thing to do. I have some kinda stomach flu which is kicking my butt! Stomach has been doing flips, somersaults, and other miscellaneous acts!!! LoL! Haven't been able to drink coffee or eat since Saturday. Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Someone pass me some tissue already.
Oh well, back to the moment. Thanks for the post Wren and I'm glad you have a new p.c.
Regular inventorying and sharing with my 'Spons' (Step 10) really helps me to not be a past-regretter or a future-worrier too much anymore. Trying to keep the palette clean as much as possible. I need to be 'checked' on a regular basis, for sure!!!
Just a thought, in case someone here tonight needs a tool from the toolbox to help with this one. Any tool I pass on is a tool that has been given to me by someone MUCH wiser than I... :)
Thanks for a great post. Thanks, too, for reminding me to live in the now.
I find it all too easy to reflect back on my life and to project forward. I am really going to make the effort today to enjoy and appreciate every minute of this day. This is the only June 28th 2006 that I will ever have!
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
