We are consumed by the moments in our lives, and whether for good or not, they become important focal points. What we are doing to fully extract the very best out of days can be energizing, as well as exhausting. The point here is that for the majority of us we don’t want to look behind and see missed opportunities. We not only don’t want to waste opportunities, we know that those moments can be fleeting, so we tell ourselves we need to take whatever action is necessary. It is a life driven by urgency to absorb every last drop over concern that it might never come again.
I think it may be one reason why culturally we are obsessed with taking pictures, to mark the moments in our lives and to capture them for later reflection. We then have the option to revisit them over and over, looking from a different perspective, as distance has a way of giving us more than we initially might have thought, even in a photograph.
I am a task based linear thinker who is a starter finisher, but I want to be spontaneous as well, so a big part of me wants to drop what I am doing and head out. It means giving myself permission to let go of routine, and see where I end up.
Important to remember here is that we have moments that make up our day, and moments in time or seasons, and all have relevance.
Last fall at a women’s retreat I was given a word that really spoke to me. I was encouraged to stay in the moment, enjoy the awe surrounding the moment, and have confidence knowing that at the right ‘moment,’ I would be moving to a place of further blessings.
When I am getting ahead of myself, feeling I am not fully appreciating today, I remind myself of this word while I make a conscious effort to simply relax and enjoy the quality of the moment.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.