Live In The Moment

How many experiences we can fit in to the shortest amount of time is certainly not a measure of anything meaningful. We often hurry through the tasks before us, trying to do more than one at a time. We call this multitasking but it is really the way we surrender the opportunity to experience the wonder of the moment. If the moment is worth experiencing, surely it deserves our exclusive attention. Do we have so little regard for the experience before us that we must rush through it? Shall we consume the banquet before us so quickly that we do not take the time to savor the taste?

The affairs of the day are far grander than they may seem. It is where we expend our divine nature, and if we cannot make a miracle of them mundane, what have we to contribute to the lives of those around us? However, to make the commonplace holy and the holy commonplace requires our undivided attention. Events lack importance only because of the way we perceive them. If they become an opportunity for us to excel, to pour out our heart upon them, they are important indeed.

In our search for the dramatic we ignore the meaningful and in our quest for volume we surrender excellence. We often lack the discipline to deal with our day one moment at a time so we may act purposefully in all things.  Most of our actions are simply reactions, habitual responses that lack creativity. If we did not perform any miracles yesterday, when we respond habitually, we should not expect to perform any today either.  And, every situation we meet, no matter how large or how small, is the opportunity to make a miracle of the moment.

Let us each slow down, savor the moment, and act purposefully. If we are truly divine, no situation and no act are meaningless. Let us have the faith that our divinity would not have chosen the unimportant and meaningless to experience itself today. Life is for the living… one moment at a time.