What’s right now for you at this very moment?
Sometimes you just have to stop and enjoy now. This weekend I had the privilege of traveling up to Oregon to run in a very cool cross country meet. I got to miss class, fly from Orange County to Portland, spend a night in hotel room, and this morning mix it up with a very talented group of guys. The last day and a half have been a whirl-wind, rush here, focus here, now rush again here. The late night ride home has given me a chance to stop and reflect on past 30 hours and simply be content. Too many times I find myself thinking of whats next, planning, and preparing for the next moment, event and challenge ahead, and often times I miss the peace of right now. Right now is good, I have nowhere to be, no where to go and yet often times I miss moments like this, I miss being content.
I have tried to get in a habit to just sitting for at least few moments at the dinner table after I have finished eating to just sit and be content. There is few things as nice as having a full stomach after a delicious dinner. Yet I realized i miss that all too often. The first time I did this I sat at the dinner table for nearly two hours, enjoying being satisfied enjoying being full, enjoying have a refrigerator full of food to prepare a meal from, friends around to enjoy a meal with and the day the Lord had given me. There is so many people who have to wonder where tonights dinner is coming from, or where they are going to sleep. I am extremely blessed, yet sometimes I go to fast to even realize it, and thats a shame. Right now is a good moment. Right now is just right.
Stop and enjoy right now.
Son, I'm enjoying right NOW thanks to your blog.
ReplyDeleteContentment is one of those words and senses that get talked about often, but most miss that contentment has less to do with external factors and more with internal ones.
I thoroughly enjoy your blogs as they provide a glimps into you.
All my love,
Dad