Time to be
I am trying to practise being in the now. It’s not always easy; which is why I need to remind myself over and over to stop and be fully alive to the present moment.
On a regular basis, take time to be. Experience the very real experience of life and awareness.
Every moment does not have to be planned or precisely programmed. There is as much value to be found in being as in doing.
Take time to process and absorb the activities and sensations you’ve collected. Take time to consider the things you’ve learned.
If you hurry through one thing just to get to the next, what have you really gained from it all? Give quality and substance to the things you do by being fully present while you do them.
Fulfillment is more than just working through the items on your list of things to do. Fulfillment comes when you put your real self into each of those things.
Whatever you do, you’ll do better when you’re fully there, engaged and aware. Take time to be, and be amazed at what it will do.
Ralph Marston
Thanks. I needed that.
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Sometimes I feel I am waiting for that next big thing, that next mountain top as Joel Osteen calls it. But we can’t live from Mountain top to Mountain top, we have to live in the valleys and cross the streams and raging rivers and climb the rocks and look at the beauty that surrounds us everywhere. Because surely there is as much beauty in the valley as on the mountain top if only we would stop and look and give it the same value.
xxoo
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Wow Debbie..I love your comment!!!
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Marie,
Given so much of this post is about enjoying the moment we live in, the process of an effort rather than the end and more importantly, the journey between destinations, reminds me strongly of a Dan Coppersmith poem.
In Us All
“In a world full of wonder
In a sleep full of dreams
In a heart full of laughter
In us all, it would seem
In the awe of a rainbow
In the clouds floating by
In soft ocean breezes
In us all, you and I
In the song of a sparrow
As it welcomes the sun
In the mist of the morning
In us all, everyone
In the Earth beneath us
In the heavens above
At the core of our being
In us all, there is love.”
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Dear Marie,
Wow, powerful blog again. I think you are right: we should try to be in the now and make things count, no matter what. But it isn’t always easy to really make this count, sometimes it is easier t let them slip by. You opened my eyes to that and I will try to live a bit more in the now as well. Thank you, big hug Annemieke
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Thank you all for your wonderful comments and thank you Somnath for sharing another special gem of a poem with us. Annemieke you said it! It is not always easy, which is why I need to keep reminding myself constantly that it’s worth the effort 🙂
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This is just what I needed 🙂
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Another inspiring post – thank you!
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Really wonderful 🙂
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oh man….THIS is so good. exactly what i’m learning right now. and hey have you ever checked out the st. ignatious of loyola prayer of examen? it’s a bit religious, but it has helped me SO much to live fully alive. it takes about 20-30 min. it asks you to walk through your day and remember the sights, smells, tastes, the things that brought you joy….and i love doing it. it actually gave me a totally different view of God. i kinda just thought he wanted me to make every moment look right, good, and be productive. but i learned that in listening to a child laugh, in enjoying the smell of my fav coffee shop, that i experience God and He experiences me in that. sooo cool.
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Katy, thanks so much for that wonderful comment!
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