Moment to Moment

Have you ever had one of those days where your mind is going in twenty different directions, your anxious and want to run/jump yet you are sitting in the middle of church? Today was exactly that, my mind was on everything else and couldn't seem to focus on the moment where God had me. I am two months short of counseling and one of the things that I have heard over and over is to practice being in that moment; you are to be in that moment of the session, that moment of your life and in that moment you will find the answers that you are looking for. It is where we begin to look past that moment that we miss something important. In church, I missed the moment, I heard some things and I know in my heart that they were great things today's sermon was awesome yet I couldn't find a place of concentration in the moment. How much easier would life be if we only lived in that moment? This would alleviate the anxiety of where I will be tomorrow or in five to ten years and I might just find something in that moment that exceeds every expectation. One thing I did hear today was that sometimes we over simplify what God has for us by saying if it is meant to happen it will happen. My plan is to catch the podcast over the next week so that I can let these words permeate my mind in the way that it is meant to and I will share with you the great things that come from that. I guess my challenge for you and myself this week is to live in this moment, the moment of today and not tomorrow. If you think of all the things that have been lost from the expectation of tomorrow, to only find disappointments of today. I know I have, I have wasted precious moments with my family or my friends while my mind was simply thinking of the places I would go tomorrow and who I would be in those moments with, neglecting those and myself in the present moment. What a shame, what a shame?! I want to live my life to the fullest knowing that when the day comes to an end or my life comes to an end that on that day I made the best of every moment; I had fun, I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed, I expressed myself in every way to every person and in that I am satisfied.