sometimes i get so wrapped up in the technicalities of life -- the details that make up the minutes of my day -- that i forget to have fun, i forget to live.
i could lie and blame it on my husband being gone. i could say that my passion left when he flew away in june, but that would be misleading. to be honest, i'm an incredibly analytical, logical girl who rarely makes decisions based on what "feels" right, but rather weighs out all of the pros and cons before jumping into anything. i'd like to say that marrying my husband was my exception to that rule, but i would be lying. i decided he was worth the trouble back when we began dating. i had been told by multiple boyfriends that i was marriage-worthy, and joshua was no different. but what distinguished my love is that he followed through, asking me to share forever with him as soon as he had the chance. because my husband knows a good thing when he sees it, and he knew that if he didn't ask, someone else would. even though josh makes me feel more alive than anything else in this world, sometimes i'm not even in the present when i'm with him, and i'd like to fix that.
but i didn't come here just to talk about joshua. i could (and will) talk about joshua all day because i'm crazy about him. i am here to talk about my attitude about life. for the past four years i have taught preschool to pay my way through college. although the pay has never gotten me ahead, the love i have for the job and the children totally makes up for it. i'm not teaching this fall, however, because i am currently nannying for two darling children. they are one and three years old, and most days we have a lot of fun together. but sometimes i forget that life is all about having fun, and then i get uptight and stressed out about things that really don't matter in the long run. so i'd like to share with you what helps me snap back into my favorite, fun-loving attitude, and that is this: live in the moment.
that might sound way too easy, but that's my secret. i dare you to try it. don't worry about who just sent you a text. don't think about everything you need to be doing in a half hour's time. don't multi-task. if you eliminate these things from your day, you will enjoy your life so much more. i'm going to make an effort to live "in the moment" at least once a day for this next week. and by "once a day" i mean that for at least a block of 30 minutes, i will only focus on the moment.
do you have a story about a time when you lived in the moment and felt more alive than ever? do you feel like there are better ways to go about living in the moment? share your story in the comments box below. I'd love to hear it.
You must be a Libra if you think about things and analyse them and so on. I never do. I think that's because A. I'm not a libra, and B. I am the youngest in my family. Probably my whole life is "live in the moment". I seldom think things through, I just do what seems and feels right. But my biggest words of advice (and something I'm always reminding my sister Heather) is that once you've made a decision, that's it. Don't think about it any more, and don't look back - Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk! I think having this attitude helps you to have a more live-in-the-moment kind of life. And you're right - it makes for more happiness, or at least contentment in life. :)
ReplyDeleteMairi, you are so right! I am totally a Libra. I've also been raised as an oldest child, so I've always felt a lot of pressure to do things right. I have to work to live "in the moment" but I really feel like it's worth it. The trick for me is remembering to do it more often!
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