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May 17, 2005
Live in the Moment
I was laying in bed this morning....that brief time between sleep and waking...when you aren't really in either state. It's said that in that brief time your higher conscience has a chance to speak to you. You're awake enough to hear, but your conscience isn't awake enough to filter the message out.
So what do I hear? You guessed it....Live in the Moment. That was it. I finished waking thinking to myself..."Geeez, how trite." But then I thought...well if you only have a moment to get a message through I guess you'd have to use a sound bite.
Upon further reflection, I figure this really was good advice for me. So much in my life is now out of my control. Worry and I are becoming good friends...and Worry has brought along, Stress, Anxiety, Fear and Depression to keep me company.
So for today, I'm going to give it a try. I can't change my Dad's health. I can't change my daughter's choices. I can however, go unload that truck load of mulch. I can spend that time, feeling the warmth of the mulch. Smelling the goodness of the earth. Enjoying the warmth of the Sun. I can stand and look out on the mountains and sense the subtle color changes as the clouds shawdow the land.
It sure sounds better than just throwing the mulch on the flower beds while wasting my time fretting over things I can't change. Moving like a Zombie through my world, not paying any mind to what's here and now.
I know it won't change anything. These challenges will still be here, but they are for another moment to deal with. For today, I'm going to take a break. For today, I'm just going to try to Live in the Moment....no matter how trite the advice, it's what I needed to hear.
Posted by aster1961 at May 17, 2005 08:53 AM
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