One Day at a Time

I’ve had so much going on in my life the past few months that I feel like I’ve been running a marathon. Fortunately things have started settling down considerably, and I feel like I’m getting my feet back under me.

The other day I ran into a friend and we were talking about our hectic lives, and saying how nice a little Boredom would be. Then last night I actually got a little time to just enjoy Boredom. No meetings, no deadlines, nothing but an unimpeded evening. I grabbed the leash and Puppy and I headed out the door at sunset. An hour later we had walked a few miles, and I had listened to some of my favorite music on my iPod. When I got home I had another hour to read a book – yes, a REAL book!

Sure, I still have things creeping in on me from my past, and admittedly I have quite a few things ahead of me that I still need to work on. But I just decided to give myself the quietude of the moment to just enjoy. I’ve been so frustrated with the past and so worried about the future that I forgot all about Today. So today I took time for today – and it was wonderful!

“One day at a time is enough. Don’t look back and grieve the past, it’s gone. Don’t be troubled about the future, it has not come yet. Live in the present and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”