There’s no point in wasting time feeling sorry for yourself because you made a mistake, did the wrong thing, or disappointed someone. I’ve had to learn this lesson the hard way, as this attitude runs in my family. We’re human—we make mistakes! We fail sometimes. We disappoint others and ourselves. But every second is a second chance…we should stop worrying about what we did and worry about what we can do.
via Dweebist
I found this Memo to Me over on Love. Obsess. Inspire. pretty thought-provoking! How often do we stop to absorb what’s happening around us rather than worrying about what’s happened or what’s going to happen?
Make it your goal today to live in the “now” and appreciate what’s going on at this very moment. Here are some quotes to keep you inspired throughout the week!
The living moment is everything.
D. H. Lawrence
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.
John Newton
Forever is composed of nows.
Emily Dickinson
It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.
Margaret Bonnano
We are always getting ready to live but never living.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wealth consists not in having great possessions,
but in having few wants.
Esther de Waal, Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict
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My husband and I had a discussion last Wednesday about what we would do if we were ever to win the lottery. We were on our way home from a nice dinner out and saw a billboard for the Powerball which got our imaginations rolling. The chances of us winning the lottery are quite slim, especially considering we don’t even play it, but we thought it would be fun to daydream about it.
Of course we decided we would get rid of our student loans first, and probably the loans of our friends and family, too. Then we would design and build our dream home from scratch, and probably do the same for our parents. We’d put a great deal of money into savings, we’d give a great deal to charity, and we’d buy lots of video games.
But the longer we talked about our impossible plans for our impossible lottery winnings, the more I realized that I was bordering on want. I realized that day in the car as we were discussing that there is a fine line between daydreaming and want.
I’ve always had an issue with envy—it’s something I struggle with. I pray very frequently that God would help me have a sense of contentment with what I have, and that He would also show me daily the blessings that are around me that I so frequently miss.
As soon as I began to feel negative emotions about not having this lottery money, I let the discussion trail off. It had become unconstructive—no—deconstructive. It’s okay to daydream, but it isn’t okay to dwell on things you don’t have.
What do you do to stay content with the blessings in your life? How do you stay on the daydreaming side of the line?
