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“I realized that if I’m obsessing about my own feelings,
I’m not present with the people around me—and am frankly
of no use to them” Jane Lynch
Sometimes I get so caught up in the day-to-day details of my life that I forget to take the time to breath. You know to step out of the rushing around and say heck, yeah, I have a good life.
Being present isn’t something that happens easily for me. I have a constant stream of “stuff” going in my head. Part of that is the story world I happen to be living in at the moment, the other part is schedules for two kids and my honey, and errands that must be run–groceries don’t magically appear in the fridge–trust me on this!
Sometimes bigger things take precedence over my thoughts like the fact that my daughter is graduating high school and starting a new adventure half the country away from me. And instead of enjoying every last moment with her this year, I’ve been worried about the future and how she will do.
Being present should be simple, but then I thought learning my left hand from my right hand in kindergarten would be easy and I never really mastered that. In fact that’s a lesson I’ve learned over and over again in my life. The things I think should be easy for me never really are.
Those are the very things I have to work harder at.
What about you? Is being present in your life a natural thing or do you have to remind yourself to stop thinking and just live?
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May 26th
2010
7:55 am
Shana Said:
It’s definitely a struggle for me, Katherine. I do have to remind myself to stop and enjoy. But, on the other hand, I also have to tell myself, “This is just right now. It won’t be like this forever” because sometimes I am TOO present.
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May 26th
2010
9:41 am
Kristen Said:
I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes when I’m with my little ones I find myself thinking about all the things I need to be doing – the laundry, making dinner, checking email, writing one more scene. Then I try to turn off all the voices in my head and tune into the ones begging me to play hide and seek. And I’m always thankful I did.
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May 26th
2010
3:21 pm
Margo Maguire Said:
This is hard to do! Because there’s always something to look forward to – events or deadlines or whatever. But it’s good to keep it in mind. Try to enjoy the moment, right?
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May 27th
2010
7:11 am
Catherine Kean Said:
I often have to make myself stop and think and reasses how I’m looking at my schedule. My days are always busy, juggling my commitments, my husband’s, and my teenage daughter’s. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But once I tell myself the laundry can wait until tomorrow, and that evertying that needs to be done will be accomplished, I can enjoy the “here and now.”
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