Family

We live in a fast-paced world today, where taking time to just 'be' is a luxury. Have you ever thought of trying to just live in the moment, rather than always rushing through the week to get to the weekend, or through the month for that extra day off, or even worse, counting down the months and days to get to that two-week family vacation?

Does that mean that you only live for one or two days a week? What's going on the rest of the time?
Is your mantra 'I'm late,' or 'We don't have enough time,' or something more stressful? What if you started paying attention to what you were doing in every moment? How many times have you left the house and wondered if you had even bothered to lock the front door? That's life on autopilot. A sign that you are not living, but rather simply alive.

If your schedule is crazy-fast, then learn to be present in it...there is a difference between the two. Let me try and show you. Let's take a simple task like feeding the dog. Do you do it with love, fully present and happy to offer the meal to your 'best friend,' followed by a good scratch behind his ears and a smile? Or do you grab a can or cup of dry food, shut the cupboard with your hip as you balance your phone on your shoulder, dump the food into the plate and snap your fingers to get the dogs attention as you walk towards your next task? Do you feed your family in a similar way? Or eat your meals at the wheel, driving between point A and point B, using your knees to steer?

I was at work, teaching a group of cadets. When I looked up, I saw this. I asked the sergeant to stand with them while I went to take a picture. I took a moment to breathe in the beauty and walked away with a smile on my lips and peace in my heart. And that's all it took...a moment.

We all have different schedules, but once a day, every day, we maintain that we sit down to supper together. It is our time to be present, to talk and laugh. We have silly things like trivia topics and conversation starters. It's our family time. Sometimes we have serious discussions, and sometimes the younger ones are just making up jokes or stories. But what really counts, is that we are fully present and nothing else matters but this time we are together.

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