Already There From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude By Angela Williams Glenn Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply. ~Thich Nhat Hanh "What are you doing, Mommy?" asked my four-year-old. "Thinking about what I need to get done," I said sadly, as I snuggled her baby brother and continued to sway in the hammock swing. "Oh, Mommy, you're always worried about what needs to be done next," she said in her matter-of-fact four-year-old-going-on-at-least-fourteen voice. "Just enjoy now!" I chuckled as I watched her run off to swing with her sister on the swing set. She was right, though. That girl at four years old would have life figured out before all the rest of us. I spent too much time worrying about what needed to be done next rather than basking in the blessings of now. (Keep reading) |
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