Savor the moments…

by Richard Reeve on February 9, 2009

in @CCSeed

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While I slowly get my feet beneath me, the clear take away from the prolonged visit by this uninvited guest, otherwise known at strep-B, has been to begin again to savor the moments.  Breath in life.

Much of my focus and attention preceeding my illness was rushed, frantic, always feeling behind the eight ball, even though those attitudes were self imposed.  Life looses its flavor when lived in that posture.

Instead of allowing the beauty of any given moment to feed my inner sense of well being, I began to depend on accomplishments and accolades to find my sense of self worth.  Big mistake.  It’s not an appetite that can find satisfaction.

So dwelling in the moment.  Being with others.  Listening.  Looking.  Living.  (…just a note: I’ll continue to play hard.)

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  • Hi Joy,
    Gratitude has certainly been a gift of the last week, a real wake up call not to take things for granted.

  • Hi Adriel,
    yes, the to do list seems silly when a real sense of our mortality kicks in. It seems to me to be a types of escape to get caught up in our to do lists, a way to shut out the awesome task of being...

  • Joy Reeve

    When one's health is seriously compromised it awakens the
    poignant thought of how fragile life really is. We surely must
    live every moment and every day with gratitude and awareness
    of the glorious splendor of the gift of life. Sounds like this is what you are doing.

  • Interesting. I was very sick last Monday, and it had a similar effect. The to-do list seems much less important when the hour before you felt like death!

  • Hey Detlef,
    You've captured the ying and the yang of it...both are needed, simultaneously...

  • Hey Henie,
    I've been considering a post on silence...thanks for the push...

  • Hey Richard,

    finding the balance between being open for the gift of the moment, including allowing life to be random and then to be centered, with a plan, an agenda - shouting the soundless shout.

    <abbr>Detlef Cordes´s last blog post..I Love My Neighborhood - Sometimes</abbr>

  • Hi Richard...

    "Sometimes silence speaks the loudest." ~Henie~

    Enjoy!

    <abbr>Henie´s last blog post..What’s so Funny?</abbr>

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