I have tried over this Covid time to live in the moment.

It is so easy to be longing for this lockdown to end. I can’t wait for life to get back to normal, to be able to travel more than five kilometres, to see my daughter and son-in-law, get some takeaway from our favourite spot, or just go out for a drive or walk along the beach.

If I am constantly looking for, longing for, waiting for tomorrow, lockdown to end, for another time that isn’t now, or yet to come, I can totally miss this moment.

I have to remind myself daily that the only moment I can truly engage with, be in, and live for is right now. This very second is the moment. It is here now and it is the only one I can engage with.

Tomorrow is always coming; yesterday is always in the past. It is always about the now.

I know we need to plan for tomorrow, think about what will happen in a week, month, even a year or more. That is wise and that can set us up for some amazing experiences, moments, relationships, or situations that will bring joy, fun, laughter, awe and rich moments.

However we will only experience them in the now, at the moment they happen. So I don’t want to be too busy planning for them or longing for them, so that when they come I miss them or don’t truly experience them to the full.
One of the best things about this Covid time for me has been a daily walks with Kerrilee. Teddy is the reason for the walk, he needs his exercise, the chance to chase the rabbits, sniff the good smells, and run free. But for me it is the conversations, holding hands, being together, that have been so deep and special.

Lockdown will finish soon, it can’t go on forever, though it is trying! Soon work will get busy, probably very busy, and I’ll look back and remember those walks and they will make me smile, give me the chance to remember them and help me in that moment when I am at work and missing out on the walks.

I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life,
Henry David Thoreau

I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life,

Henry David Thoreau

Live in the moment.

Suck the marrow out of life, out of every moment.

Today.

Right now.

Always

Cheers