Start where you are

I have been on a small vacation to visit my grandchildren, son and daughter-in-law. After getting the opportunity to be with my grandies for a few days, something struck me. You know that child like quality that we all forget of being in this moment, right here, right now….yes that one. Isn’t that the miracle. Not later today when that big thing happens, or that laundry list of “have to’s”.” No, this moment right here right now. The one you are taking a moment from your busy life, to read something a random woman posted on her blog. The beauty of the moment I have, as I write, I am filled with such gratitude for this moment. That I have an opportunity to enjoy, just this one moment, with this one breath to experience what a gift it is to have, each and every moment. See, if I can be present in this moment. What if I string together a bunch of these grateful moments together, would my life not be full of beautiful moments. Instead of stringing together my list of boxes checked off for the day. Yes, that can be quite satisfying at the end of the day. But at the end of the week, how many moments will have added up? Will I become a women with a lot of lists checked off. And, another thing, who do I show my list to? Who gives me a star, or a hey good job? I think if I am a box checker and just travel from one thing to the next, I miss out on all of those moments I was supposed to be in. What if I just do what is front of me, wouldn’t all of the boxes get checked and I will have danced through my life with moments instead of my book of lists. I don’t know, just thinking….