Live within the moment
Is your life a Speedy Gonzales cartoon?
Do you find yourself rushing from one task to another without actually BEING in the moment?
How many times do you find yourself coursing through life making yourself busy with tasks that probably give you little meaning or fulfillment. How many times do you pass through life without a second thought… without appreciating the beauty that lies around you?
This week as I was jogging I just realized how much we take things for granted and through self-discipline, I stopped myself in my tracks as I came upon a field. My ‘doing’ person was saying ‘Reggie, are you nuts – get your arse back on the track and don’t waste time’
But my ‘being’ person was telling me ‘ Stop Reggie, and drink the moment’…. and I did.
For a moment I stopped my jogging and just breathed in the scene and watched the details of the leaves on the tree, the bee that was hovering over a sunflower, the sound of a dog barking in the distance and the soft caress of the wind as it glided along the beads of sweat forming on my face.
Aaah! how nice it is to stop and live the moment…
and as I was enjoying this pastoral moment a flock of pigeons swooped in perfect formation before me….. and I felt the powerful connection to life, the feeling that everything is in order and that we are all connected to the ALL.
So next time you go jogging or walking don’t just drift through the chore aimlessly. Put on the breaks when you arrive at a beautiful scene and drink in the moment… it will be taste of life you will truly savour if you are true to yourself.
