Living Here And Now....

I have many faults. I am not a perfect human. Today I want to share one of my faults. I always dream of how things will be tomorrow, the next week, the next month. What is the problem with this you ask? It´s ok to dream you say? Yes, of course it is, but when it stops you from living in the here and now and appreciating what you have then it´s a fault not a good thing. Funny enough I married a guy who is very similar to me in this way...we both do a lot of living in the future...rather then the here and now. We are both restless and anxious for something to happen...anything, we don´t know what...just something...we aren´t content with what we have and constantly dream of something else...something better, something bigger...something that will give us something more then we have now...but it´s wrong...we have so much. We are so blessed. We live a great life and we should be more grateful for the here and now. We, thankfully, are both very aware of this fault and are doing what we can to try and change our bad habit...it´s not easy but I find comfort in my walks. The quiet hike with a fur baby or two...sometimes I walk with the Captain or one of my kids and we talk but sometimes we just walk together in silence...I like that....I am grateful for that time together without distractions. Even if we don´t say anything we are together....

Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you.  ~Author Unknown

I am so thankful for my family. I know someday all too soon they will be moving on with their lives and I am glad about that. Glad that they will be self sufficient human beings but I am going to miss them. I can´t imagine what it will be like to be here in the woods after the kids have moved out. I fear the silence will be deafening and I´ve been trying to prepare myself but how do you do that? How do you prepare yourself for one of the biggest and toughest milestones in your life as a parent? After spending 18+ years with someone they leave...one by one until you´re the only one left....well, you and your partner, given that your partner works nearby...if you´re like me you´ll be alone half the year...how does one prepare for that time?

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children.  One is roots.  The other is wings.  ~Hodding Carter, Jr.

I guess it´s another reason to be appreciative of the here and now...right now....they are here and I can give them hugs and kisses anytime I feel like it....even if they don´t always think it´s cool...

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.  ~P.D. James, Time to Be in Earnest

I would like to assume I am not the only one who tends to live a little too much in the what-could-be dreamy world of tomorrow? What do you do to learn too appreciate and value the here and now? If no one answers this I will throw myself down on the ground and cry my eyes out since it will then be obvious to me that I am the only one in the world who tends to dream a little too much about tomorrow instead of living in the here and now but I am going to keep my positive hat on and assume there are more of us out there, so come on....help me out here. I need some ideas to help me continue to learn to appreciate there here and now and I know you all are just full of great ideas :-)

Every now and then,
when the world sits just right,
a gentle breath of heaven
fills my soul with delight...
~Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott, A Breath of Heaven

Cookie says, "Don´t worry Mom, you´ll never be alone! You´ll always have me and you can hug and kiss me anytime.....snuggle snuggle snuggle..." Oh my little Cookie monster....I love you.

Until next time my friends.....