enjoy the moment

To focus on your past while moving forward is analogous to watching your rear-view mirror while driving; focus on what’s behind you for too long and you’ll miss everything ahead of you…and maybe crash.

Perspective is everything.

If you’re always thinking about the past or the possible negative twists a situation can take, you’ll lose the possibility of it being a great one.

Take to say thanks for the food I eat
To taste and savour the mouthful of food
Thanks for the warm bed I sleep in at night
Thanks for my safety and security
Thanks for the money I have to enables me to do more of the things I like

my kids want to talk, snuggle, show me, ask me, Love me, play, eat, drink, run, go outside, enjoy each moment, learn, teach me. I get so tired! I need to stop resorting to grumpiness or computer when I get to the point where I’m tired. Other things to get through the hump: lay down on the couch & watch them play, let them do my hair, read, have some coffee, put them in the stoller, let them do something super crazy like make muds pies so that they can be occupied for hours & I can just watch & enjoy. I don’t know, think of something! Pray.

Lots of good things happen in my life and apart from a fleeting appriciation, I am already onto the next thing I have to achieve. I want to stop time and learn to enjoy what I have, what I have just achieved. Like having a nice meal, being with my friends, living in a beautiful country (Spain). Having food in my fridge and money in my pocket.

I also want to enjoy none material goods but I find myself constantly finding society, the media, technology to achieve this. I also worry about the future and unfortunatley money buys me a certain amount of security.

I thought about this quite some times now and came to the conclusion that many people, INCLUDING ME :), are often busy thinking about either the past or the future. Strange thing, because we are living now, which makes it the most important moment. I intend to enjoy every moment from now on.

i am always thinking of what i need to do next…and i tend to miss out on the pleasure of being happy in the moment. I need to take more deep breaths & “smell the flowers”!

we need a time to calm down, look out the window, just a second :) the other second could be compl. different

Today, as I relayed to one of my best friends, was amazing. If I could capture all those moments today that touched my heart, that would be quite the video. Throughout the day, I kept seeing music videos in my head of just life events happening.

The extraordinariness of things. A simple smile with laughter bursting forth from her lunges, my daughter exudes such joy. Her eyes are brightly lit. The adoration of her little brother at his big sister who cares for him so much. How they play so well together most of the time.

I saw him yell out, “Mommy, I love you.” Then, he rushed back to the water mushroom to play some more. Just 15 min. before, he was petrified to play in that area, but through teamwork, role-modeling, encouragement from Hannalee and me, and speaking empowering words upon him, Sean took steps to conquer his fears.

As his mommy, I held him in the first go around. Each subsequent time, I encouraged more independence.

I want to help both my children, to give them wings to not just fly, but to soar to heavenly heights. I want them to be able to spread their wings and see no limits, and to dream as big and as far as the mind can conceive, and to go out and reach for the stars whether they be in this galaxy or not.

There are many moments with my children that are precious, even the challenging ones. I love just watching them sleep, or giving them hugs and kisses.

The moments are fleeting, so as they happen, just savor them. And then, they are gone, but just a wisp of memory.

I spend too much time in my head instead of taking in my surroundings. Enjoying the moment means living in the moment. I’d better start there.