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"Life is just a series of "heres" that we miss by always being "there!"
Enjoying the moment...easy to say, but not so easy to do.
We are good at tricking ourselves into thinking we are enjoying the moment - but often our thought is already on to "what's next?" We, especially adults, rarely take time to enjoy what we have right here, right now, in this very moment.
Why should anything else matter?
Why? Because there are bills to pay, errands to run, and people to take care of. Right? But what about right now? Now! What are you doing right now?
Instead of jetting off during your kids soccer practice to get another errand done, just watch him for a second. Don't "go there"...but be here! Instead of picking up your cell phone while on your walk to check in with someone, don't go there, but be “here.” Here is good! Here is perfect. Take a breath, breathe it in. Look around, enjoy it! Yes, life is good right now!
"Life is just a series of "heres" that we miss by always being "there!" - Me (Is it okay to quote myself?)
This is the most profound idea I could come up with for the week. I am on the precipice (love that word) of another crazy week. Monday will be normal - yet crazy in the evening, and then Tuesday I am gone doing a training all day (getting up at 4:30 am...yikes). Then, Wednesday through Saturday I will be in Miami, then rushing back to Jupiter Saturday night for an improv show, then back to Miami on Sunday. All of this, plus trying to see my wife and kids, and welcoming my brother and his fam in town for a few days.
In preparing for this week I have already propelled my thought into certain moments I am envisioning. Some real fun - others really stressful. I have worried about time, not being late, getting caught in traffic, not seeing the family enough, not being funny, not having a good show, being tired, etc. All of this thinking keeps putting me "there," instead of here!
Here I am...at peace! A million things still to do "there," but comfortable and confident here.
I took some extra time last night before bed to pray about my work and my week. I thought about God-Love as my Father and Mother, and how the whole week was wrapped and guided in harmony. I envisioned seeing every detail and task as unfolding in a timely fashion because everything is operating within the law of Love. God's perfect love. Then again, reminding myself that "out there" thinking causes fear, stress, and worry - but "here" thinking reaffirms peace, order, and protection.
In Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy takes the Lord's Prayer and gives it her spiritual interpretation. For "Thy kingdom come," she interprets afterward, "Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present."
That is how I am thinking of God's love right now - as ever-present, and that it is here now, not "there!"
So, wherever you are, whatever you are doing - you can always be "here," because "here" is all you ever have. And, as I am trying to learn myself, "here" is all we ever need :)
Much love!
Travis
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