I noticed it first at my ‘day job.’ You know… the one that pays the bills? It isn’t really a day job. It’s a night job. An all night job to boot.
So at this aforementioned job I noticed that my responsibilities always have me planning, preparing, or waiting for something that will need to be done… later. Even when I’m waiting to go in.
So in answer to my title, “Yes… I am always looking ahead.”
It has me thinking.
“About what?”
I’m glad you asked. I have read a book recently, and have written a poem in the past, and each speaks to a shining moment in time. The book talks about the ‘bloom of a flower,’ and ‘a rhythms pause’ and my poem… the brevity of a mans ‘glory.’
“What?”
Stay with me here. I have been endeavoring to ‘be successful’ to learn what success is. And in those studies I have run into, over and over again, successful people that say or write, “Be in the present, appreciate the now, enjoy today…”
The Bible, Gods word, talks about focusing on, “Today, as long as it’s called Today,” “Do not worry about tomorrow, today has enough trouble of it’s own,” or “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!”
He also says, “See the farmer and how he waits patiently for the spring and fall rains…”
Cherished moments are just that… a moment. And a moment is a frozen little bloom in time.
A rose is never more beautiful than right before the stem is cut, and a baby rarely makes you cry (barring any tragedy) as hard as the day it is born, but our present day accomplishments only seem to bring to mind, “What next?”
This latest book I read speaks of ‘a rhythms pause’ and how and when to take advantage of it.
This particular author explains how to take advantage of ‘the pause’ that is found in every rhythm… exploiting ‘the pause’ in order to cut down your enemy.
I would like to present an idea to you that you already have heard about and that science has proven with a ‘new’ finding.
My proposal is that we get attuned to the rhythm of our lives, learn to spot ‘the pause’ and instead of hacking away… we purposefully recognize ‘the pause,’ recognize the five minutes you have at your job, recognize the quiet when the little kids crash out, recognize the emptiness when the older ones go back to college… using ‘the pause’ to literally, “Stop and smell the roses…” of what ever it is you are working on.
Allowing gratitude and satisfaction to well up within us, doing their work… and producing a beautiful bloom of appreciation for those still, small… glorious moments, that our hearts so cherish and long for. Those moments will, within the growing season of our lives, produce for us an abundance of fragrant bouquets… one beautiful bloom at a time.
Here is a little article I found, I think this nice lady is looking ahead too far, and could benefit from learning how to identify and acknowledge… ‘the pause.’
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/a_scientific_reason_to_stop_and_smell_the_roses
“Past research has considered appreciation to be a byproduct of gratitude and one’s personality. This study shows that appreciation plays a significant role in one’s quality of life, independent of one’s personality or gratitude level—a role even more significant than previously thought.
Fagley is still researching how best to practice appreciation on a day-to-day-basis, she says. But for starters, she suggests that people focus on and value what they have, spend time outdoors, and reflect on their blessings and relationships with others.”
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