#35 Days of Dares
#11 Dare to Live —Today
She threw back her blankets and thought only of today.
Kristen Cashore
January is a month of planning and reflection in our house. We buy a wall calendar and plot out travel and other significant events that we know of. We reflect on the past year and think of all the blessings, lessons and challenges.
When we make plans for the year ahead it can be like a shopping list of hopes, dreams and goals. A big To Do List if you will. If most of us can’t even get through the things on our Daily Lists how do we think we’ll get through a year’s worth?
If you believe in God, what do you ask for? Do you make a big list of wants and send them up to heaven, hoping He’ll fill the list? Is this how you plan your year, day, months, days? Do we reduce life to a list of things to do?
I’ve been blogging a lot about how to achieve your goals and how to build an adventurous life through planning.
Maybe we need to bring it down to the moments as well as the year, months and days. If we intentionally make time for the moments that when you look back at the end of the year, you’ll be glad you chose to do them.
In the midst of the To Do List how do we take time for the moments, now, today? Having an attitude of gratitude, curiosity, wonder and imagination, a thirst for learning and a sense of purpose helps us to view each day as a gift.
Today is a gift.
Today is all I have.
I be fully awake in today.
Lailah Gifty Akita
We need to find the courage, strength, curiosity, alertness, belief, love and life we need in order to live fully in today, in the moment.
Today, I thank God I have this moment and all I have. The snuggles of a child on my lap, the wind rushing through gum trees, the luxury of time to read a riveting novel, the love of my family and a cup of T2 chocolate peppermint tea. Life is grand. This is savoring the moments, building the foundation on which to have a life filled with adventure and inspiration.
The moments add up to days, the days to months and the months to years. Begin a new outlook this year. Plan, prepare and strive, but also enjoy the moments. Dare to Live—Today.
“You cannot live your life in ifs and maybes…
you cannot live it in week commencings.
You live it right here.
You live it now.”
― Stella Newman, Leftovers
