Being Present

Well… the first week of the New Year has come to an end.

Happy New Year! I think I can say that until February.

As the first day of the New Year rolled in, my husband and I with (our daughter) celebrated our son’s 6 month birthday.  There was no cake or huge gathering.  We simply said Happy Birthday, prayed and thanked God for the 6 months that He has given to us to enjoy this little boy named Taren. We chose to be present, and embrace that flash of time.  I reflect upon this special day.  How important it is to be emotionally present and to be in the HERE and NOW?  Because of that decision, I was able to capture love in its purest form by seeing how Kendelle and Taren gaze at each other, and giggle and play together.  I was able to slow down and relish a memory that will last forever.  Yes, dinner needed to get on the table, then bath and bedtime, but I pushed all that aside and focused on being present.

We can condition ourselves to just ‘go through the motions, saying the right words, or what we think needs to be said.  We tend to do what we are obliged to do. In this state, we are far from present.  We are shells of people checking off our ‘emotional checklist’.  We are on ‘response-overload’ with no feelings attached.

So what are we feeling?  What’s our true emotional state?  When we ask someone, ‘how are you’?  Do we really want to know the answer?  Are we truly listening?  How easy it is to take these things for granted and just move onto the next task, thought, or feeling. It can be so easy to get wrapped up in the ‘Hustle and Bustle’ of life. Making ourselves available for another person can be a challenge. But what a difference it makes not only in your life but that person’s.

 Challenge yourself to be present for another person. You never know the impact it may have!

“The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru



God Bless

Roseanne