Reflections
February 21st, 2010
I read this quote on a blog today:
“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day, I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.”
It spoke to me deeply, as it is so applicable to my life at the moment. For the past couple days, I’ve been really wanting to learn to savor each and every day for the good it brings. Life is so fleeting. Years go by all too quickly. I look back at my nearly-30 years and wonder to myself… what have I accomplished? Have I truly appreciated each moment?
So I ask you… what do you do to make sure you savor each day as though it is the gift it truly is? And looking back… what in your life would you change, given the chance?
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I wouldn’t change a thing…I’d be afraid of changing something then changing the whole shebang!
As for savoring moments…I just look out for them, I guess. I’m lucky in that I have a life I like, a boyfriend I love, a job I adore and friends and family who make me smile every day. I’m also naturally an optimist, so I look for the little things.
The smell after it rains. A starry night. Shoes with half-off
Cxx
I wouldn’t change a thing either. I wouldn’t be me if I could go back and change things.
Even on my crummiest days I can still remind myself how blessed I am to have a husband that loves me, a healthy baby growing inside of me which is still a huge surprise for us, a home to live in, a car to drive, pets that adore me and each other, food in our fridge and cupboards, clean water to drink, and so on and so forth. There are so many things that God has blessed us with this last year. So even when I have a “booooooo” day I am reminded how much more blessings I have in my life than “booooo’s”
See, I would change a few things. I would listen to my parents more when they told me I was great, then I would’ve had more confidence in those growing pain years.
I would be a little kinder to others.
I would laugh more.
I would care less what others thought of me.
I would try to make someone smile and laugh every day.
I would call my grandparents more. Visit them more. Hug my parents more.
And definitely eat more chocolate.