Last weekend while visiting my parents, my mom gave me the most thoughtful gift. It was a little quote book with all sorts of inspirational sayings. The title of the book is LIVE GOOD. My mom knows me so well because she knew I would just love something like this. Well of course. . .it inspired me to blog. You may see many of these wonderful quotes popping up in my posts.
The first quote that really hit home was "Be There When You're There". This is in relation to living in the moment. Even before reading this, I have been pushing myself to enjoy each day for what it is. I often find myself looking ahead to the next thing on the to do list or even adding more things to the to do list when I'm not even able to accomplish everything on the list in the first place. And sometimes, as crazy as it sounds, I find myself planning something fun for a future weekend when I'm still the midst of enjoying a perfectly good weekend that is presently happening.
Sometimes it takes a conscious mental effort on my part to be 100 percent involved in what I am doing and relax and enjoy it. I think this a good way to live. Cherish what is happening today not what will happen tomorrow. I think "being there when you're there" means loving life and savoring each moment good or bad. It means being present and paying attention to the people and events happening right in front of you, right now.
"Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment."
-Paul Cezanne
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