Day 106 - Just Breathe

I read a sentence last night that has stuck with me through this morning and afternoon:


“The thing to remember, to always remember, is that what you do, or don’t do, today is what matters most. In fact, nothing else does.” the Universe

I know we all have heard about living for the moment and living for today, but why is it so hard for most people to comprehend? Why do we get so distracted with work and family and chores and schedules that we fail to realize that EVERYTHING that happens from the moment we wake up until we fall asleep again is actually OUR LIFE!

The most important lesson here is that we are not promised tomorrow. But, if for some miraculous reason that we do wake up again – shouldn’t we be comforted by the fact that another day of opportunity is upon us?

For instance: All too often we put off working out or eating better until the weekend or until Monday or whatever future date we think we will be more inclined to start and stick with our goal. The piece of logic that escapes us all is that if we choose to workout and eat right EVERY DAY then there would be no reason that we would have to look to the future for help. Because day by day, we would lose and maintain the weight we want, get healthier and have time to notice our LIFE. There would be no crash diets or dreams of losing 10lbs in 2 days because we are going to unexpectedly meet someone from our past whom we want to only know us as thin…it’s not supposed to be this way.

The result is working out and eating better becomes a part of our daily routine and it is no longer a burden of trying to find out how to fit it in to our schedule. Now, we can focus on work or family and little by little appreciate all the small things (like having to leave every other day to take your daughters’ “something” they forgot to take to school) that make up our LIFE.

Working out, eating better, our household laundry and messy rooms, our always inconvenient family, our workload, our visualization or meditation times, writing, posting, running the kids around – why does all of this have to be a chore?

I went home at lunch to workout , but was distracted by the dishes, the laundry, the un-made beds and everything else that needed to be done. I walked into the kitchen then into the living room passing Doodlebugs room, the girls’ room and into our master bedroom. I looked at my treadmill and plopped down on our bed and stared at the ceiling. I thought to myself “in a few hours the house will be filled with the life that inhabits the never-ending mess and ever-growing laundry. In a few hours I will be present in the cooking, cleaning, homework and noises that are my life. But right now, in this moment, I will enjoy the silence and just breathe.”