Okay, I rarely do this, but I'm about to get deep here, if I may.
A client of mine asked me the other day "what my secret was." Upon further explanation, she elaborated that she was referring to how I'm always happy, in a good mood, and walking around with a smile on my face. Well, I've had a few days to think about it and here is my answer: I take the time.
I take the time to appreciate all of the positive things and people that I am fortunate enough to have in my life. For instance, my young son just woke up crying at 2:00 am. So, I gave him some milk and rocked him back to sleep. It took him all of 5 minutes to fall back to sleep, but I rocked with him until 3:20 am. Why? Because, he will one day be too big to sit on my lap. One day, when he wakes in the middle of the night, he won't need me to let him know everything is alright. Eventually, he will no longer want to hold my hand. When that day comes, I will feel a great pain inside because I will wish that things could go back to the way they are, right now.
Therein lies the problem with people in today's society. We spend the first half of our lives looking forward to the second half and all of the things that we will one day have. Then, we spend the second half of our lives looking back and yearning for the things that we once had.
We should slow down and take the time to appreciate life and all of its blessings, for the things that we wish we had today may be meaningless tomorrow, and the things we will want tomorrow may be the things that we have today. Don't end up being a person that wasted their whole life because they were too busy planning for it.
