Right Now

It is incredibly easy for us to get caught up in the 'day to day' of
our lives and forget that each moment that we have is precious. It's
precious for the single reason that it will never happen again. Whether
you sitting on the bus on the way to work, in your bosses office on the receiving end of a negative review, holding your six month old baby, or
landing that contract that will put you on top of the sales dog pile
this quarter; each of those moments are only there.. for a moment.
Then
they are gone.
Sure, we can hold on to memories of these moments, we
are particularly good at holding on to the rotten ones. In doing that,
in looking back, we are ignoring now. Ignoring the moment we have now.
It will never be here again.
When you are talking with your boss, are you really paying attention to what they are saying, or are you trying figure out how to get our of their office as quickly as possible?
When you are with you spouse, are you fully present, or are you thinking about what's on TV?
When you are helping your child with their homework, are you still at work?

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the soul. -Nicolas Malebranche, French priest, theologian, and philosopher, 17th century

Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero - Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Ferris Bueller

Be
open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our
mortal journey is over all too soon. -David Assael, Northern Exposure,
It Happened in Juneau, 1992

Like I said, this is an easy trap to fall into. Our lives have become every more complicated. We are trying to accomplish more things in less time. My question here is whether or not you are doing justice to the things that you are trying to do by splitting your attention.
Be here now.
Pay attention.
This moment is tenuous, and fragile.

Now.
It's about now.

Maarburg
Current meatspace coordinates:
Latitude = 35.1369, Longitude = -106.5888