Children know it, dogs and cats know it, elderly people who sit and relax on their terraces know it. They all know that sumptuous feeling of not thinking about what they’re going to do in an hours time, they are living the now. A strong visual of what it is like to get lost in the enjoyment of a moment would be to picture the scene when a young child is told it’s time to leave a birthday party.
Life can be filled with moments that you wished would last forever, but they don’t. Life is change.
Sometimes we / I run down the road of productiveness and over-planning and jeopardize the joy of lingering in a moment that gives pleasure. I admit, I’ve heard myself say, “I need to work on having more fun,” and then laughed at the oxymoron of this statement. I’ve been guilty of thinking too much about the future and glossing over the now.
When I linger over Emily Dickenson’s words “Forever is composed of nows.” it’s easy to glimpse what it is I need to do to make my forever the best of now.
5 responses so far ↓
Rainee // September 27, 2008 at 5:02 pm |
Very well said…to simply linger in the moment and enjoy…; ) I like that very much…
Bravo! Bravo Chis!
Uncle Bill // October 3, 2008 at 3:23 pm |
Keep up the good work. I enjoy every word!
Even in old age we look ahead to what we are planning for tomorrow instead enjoying today. It’s a good idea to”smell the roses” along the way. The person who invented the saying, “live each day as if it were you last” certainly knew what he/she was talking about. It’s a hard habit to fight but “living for today” is a good one to have.
Love,
Uncle Bill
Pollyana // October 4, 2008 at 5:08 pm |
Rainee and Uncle Bill, thanks for weighing in. And, hmmm you mean the knack for living in the moment is a continual process in life?
Marcia // October 17, 2008 at 12:38 pm |
“Forever is composed of nows” is probably the one phrase that would make the most difference in a person’s life – if they lived it. I hate to admit I don’t remember reading it before, but I am printing it out – so those days I forget, it is there to remind me. Thanks, Chris.
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