Living in the moment...

We have all had that day were we could just fast forward to see what the future holds for us. A day were we won't have to sit  and wait for a test score, entrance letter, or even a simple letter in the mail. You didn't have to wait for a diagnosis, X-rays, or test results. Were we didn't have to wait and hear the yelling, hitting, or slapping. Didn't have to face the fear of loosing a loved one, the word cancer, or sitting at a funeral service. Or waiting for fresh food, clean water, and shelter. Many of you have never had to experience a few of these, but there is always someone out there that is or has. We just wish that we could pass a few years in our life, so the struggles of that minute, day, or year were behind us. Wouldn't that be the perfect world? A day you didn't have to see the struggles you are facing at the moment. A day were you didn't have to see the needles, tubes, wires, and machines hooked up to your loved one. A day were you could push a button and have those moments quickly pushed behind you so you didn't feel your heart hurting. That heavy weight pushing down on your shoulders and weighing down your spirits was quickly passed in seconds instead of days, months, and years.

How nice does that sound? How beautiful would that be? As beautiful as it sounds it would make each and everyone weaker. We grow from instances good and bad that happen everyday in of our lives. From things like doing bad on a test, to a medical ER visit, to loosing a loved one. Many of us have faced experiences that were worrisome, devastating, and tragic. We have all been on our knees praying for a miracle and each time we are on our dirty knees praying for that miracle it makes us stronger. If we didn't live through moments like these we wouldn't be who we are today. Passing time to the future would, yes make life easier, but we would loose our sense of compassionate caring towards other people. We would forget about living in the moment and only want to know more about our future. We would forget to care, love, and be happy. Those carefree moments of each and everyday would be lost in the dust. Our giggles, laughs, and smiles would be lost in the past, and we would never be satisfied to live in the moment. You may not be able to see which entrance exam has the right words for you, you may not be able to see how your future unfolds for you, or how and when your dreams and wishes will  come true, but living in the moment is the way god intended us to live. He wanted us to live each day with sixty seconds in a minute, so we wouldn't forgot about the small things in life. Each and every small thing has a big meaning and without them life would be simply boring. So, these small minutes that sometime take hours to go by are a meaning to life to slow down and think about what you are doing at that particular moment.

Life has thrown me some curve balls. I have received letters upon letters from schools that are disappointing, I have had to wait for lab results and X-rays that are bad news, and I have gone through devastating news of loosing a loved one. However, from each and every one of those experiences in life I have learned to live in the moment. You may not receive the best news, you may not be in the best situation, you may hurting, but each moment in life has a purpose, and from those purposes you learn, and become the person you are today!
And with that I leave you with a very thoughtful poem that puts my post in simple terms...

Moments

Recognize each moment for what it is; Special

For each moment happens only once

No moment, good or bad, will be exactly like the one before it or the one after it

So breathe deep every breath

Examine closely with fully open eyes

Feel each and every experience with every cell of your body

For then and only then will you truly be living

And isn’t living what this life is all about?