I'm not exactly sure how I got thinking about the idea of living in the moment, but it probably has something to do with how fast life is racing by lately. It seems like weeks are going by so much faster than ever before- some weeks I really do wonder where the days have gone. In one way, that's a good thing (in the words of those sage poets Loverboy, "Everybody's working for the weekend......"), but in other ways I don't want my life to fly by. For me, it's easy to arrange my years around events- things that I'm always looking forward to such as upcoming races, vacations, or concerts, and take all the time in between for granted- kind of thinking of it as filler time between the good & exciting stuff.
That's not how I want to live my life. It seems like such a corny cliche to say that each day is a gift, but it's true- the most important time is right now, and I don't want to let it slip away unnoticed. As much as I look forward to the big occasions that are coming up in my life, it's the little things that happen each day that make life precious, like having the kids scream "Daddy's Home!" and come running to give me hugs when I walk in the door every day after work, like the smile my wife gives me when she wakes up in the morning, like seeing the beauty of the sunrise, like that first sip of espresso in the morning. I'm trying to make a conscious effort to appreciate all the little things that make my life worth living. It's not like a New Year's resolution (even though I'm writing this in November)- it's a way of living life that I've been formulating for a while, but it's just now that I'm putting the proverbial pen to paper.
Whether anyone reads this or not doesn't really matter- I'm writing this down for my own sake. Seeing the words that I'm writing somehow make it more real to, and it helps me to sort my thoughts out when I put them into words.
So there we are- I'm off to seize the rest of my day and experience all that it has to offer!
That's not how I want to live my life. It seems like such a corny cliche to say that each day is a gift, but it's true- the most important time is right now, and I don't want to let it slip away unnoticed. As much as I look forward to the big occasions that are coming up in my life, it's the little things that happen each day that make life precious, like having the kids scream "Daddy's Home!" and come running to give me hugs when I walk in the door every day after work, like the smile my wife gives me when she wakes up in the morning, like seeing the beauty of the sunrise, like that first sip of espresso in the morning. I'm trying to make a conscious effort to appreciate all the little things that make my life worth living. It's not like a New Year's resolution (even though I'm writing this in November)- it's a way of living life that I've been formulating for a while, but it's just now that I'm putting the proverbial pen to paper.
Whether anyone reads this or not doesn't really matter- I'm writing this down for my own sake. Seeing the words that I'm writing somehow make it more real to, and it helps me to sort my thoughts out when I put them into words.
So there we are- I'm off to seize the rest of my day and experience all that it has to offer!