| Corita Kent once said "Life is a succession of | | | | the things that none of us can get back once they are |
| moments. To live each one is to succeed." I would | | | | gone. |
| have to agree. The problem comes in implementing | | | | If succeeding at life is in direct proportion to being able |
| this great advice. To squeeze the most out of life and | | | | to live in the moment, maybe you and I need to rethink |
| the moments of life is not something most of us are | | | | some things. If life is a "succession of moments" and to |
| accustomed to do. We often find it difficult to be fully | | | | fully succeed in this life is to be able to live fully in those |
| engaged in the moment, because we are so | | | | moments, what can you say about the quality of your |
| distracted or bogged down with things on our "to do" | | | | life? Are you living in the moment? Are you valuing the |
| list. Learning to live in the moment seems like a luxury | | | | present? Do you recognize the power of this moment, |
| or even a waste of time. I wonder? At the end of the | | | | this day? |
| say when we wearily climb into the bed because of a | | | | The way I see it, any given day that you and I are |
| busy day, what did we really accomplish? What | | | | living and breathing is really a precious gift that has |
| sacrifices did we make to accomplish all of those | | | | been given to us and entrusted to us. The question is |
| things? How did our hearts and souls suffer? What | | | | what will we do with this gift? There are a thousand |
| joys and pleasures did we miss out along the way? | | | | possibilities at our disposal. Let me ask you another |
| Recently at a lunch with my husband, I woke up from | | | | important question. What would you do if this were |
| a mental distraction to hear him say, "Boy, I can tell you | | | | your last day on earth? Would it make any difference |
| have a lot on your mind." I was so distracted by my | | | | in how you spent the day? What would happen if you |
| thoughts and to "do list" that even though I was | | | | approached each day as a clean slate being handed |
| physically present, I was mentally somewhere else. | | | | to you to write on as if it were your last day? |
| Talk about missing the moment! | | | | Too often people have to go through a near death |
| "Why it is so difficult to kick back and smell the roses | | | | experience to value the significance and importance of |
| or to savor the special moments of life? Somehow, | | | | each day. Well, why wait for that to happen? Each |
| we have convinced ourselves that "productivity" is the | | | | day really is a clean slate waiting to be written upon. |
| name of the game. I am not opposed to productivity, | | | | What will you write? Let today be a powerful force |
| but why not enjoy the ride along the way? Why not | | | | for you to savor and maximize the precious moments |
| enjoy the simple day to day moments and pleasures. | | | | of your life. Let today count! |
| Time and the people we care about are just some of | | | | |