So I saw the email about this blog on Sunday night after a pretty tough weekend. I thought, “I’ll do that sometime” and then just dismissed it from my brain. With so many things going through my head the question, “WHY?” was front and center. Why is a question we ask often. In my case I just lost a dear friend and I was asking, “Why was such a young and amazing person taken from this earth so soon?”
It got me thinking of the statement above. “I’ll do that sometime.” Sometime is now! Why not do it now? I’ve never written a blog post but why not!? That doesn’t mean I can’t. What else is there that I’ve never done that I can do today? So many times we shy away from things (i.e. this blog post) because we think, “oh I’ll do it another time.” That time is now.
I’ve learned that it’s easy to get bogged down with the “to do” list for the day, week, or even month for that matter. It’s best to simply take hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute. Otherwise we will just overwhelm ourselves and do not enjoy the little things in life.
Take time to enjoy the simple pleasures in life. Listen to the laughter of the children, feel the sun as it radiates on you, take time to be alone in thought. Most of all, be grateful for each day, task, and even the “to do” list item in your life.
Learner, Thinker, Writer: Erin Lindsey teaches Pre-K at Trinity School
Beautiful post – thanks for the reminder about pleasures, to-do lists, and gratitude. I am grateful for your smile which I could see as I read your blog!
This is beautiful, Erin! I love this! This concept is huge for me. I could definitely use this reminder quite often.
Erin, thank you for this eloquent reminder to seize the moment, live in the now and not postpone life.
Erin, such an eloquent post with a heartfelt message. Thank you for sharing your heart.
I was just thinking about this topic last night. Sometimes we talk ourselves out of something because of unrealized fear. Let’s not do that to ourselves. Thank you, Erin, for bringing this idea to our thoughts.
I am listening to a book by Marianne Williamson. She has a popular quote about this topic. This is a portion of the quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”
Thank you so much for this reminder to stop and smell the roses. It really should happen every day.