Too much of anything is….well too much. Don’t believe me? Think of anything you truly love, you get excited about, that you divinely enjoy….and think of that being delivered 24/7 in your life, or unlimited amounts of it as in a white truck delivering unending deliveries of it….how much of your life have you not considered your “when” ? You know, the moment that you define “enough”..such as when someone is pouring tea into your glass and you stop them just before it overflows…that place where it would be comfortable to stop, enjoy it before it is wasted?
So many conversations are focused on “getting” in your life, on looking forward, working harder, reaching….
when is your “when”…what are the moments, and engagements that fill your heart and experience?
When I drink the perfect cup of cocoa or coffee, I savor the moment that the cup is full, just enough to be able to scoop up the saucer and walk it to my favorite view from the deck and savor the moment my lips touch the cup that I love to drink from…it’s one of my “whens”…the cup isn’t overflowing, the heat isn’t too hot, the world seems right and I savor the smell, flavor, and experience of its liquid as I truly take time to taste what is before me….and drink in the beautiful sounds and views of the kingdom before me before my world is awake and have a moment to truly be thankful for existing…
The “When” wasn’t in some intangible space in the future, it wasn’t some beyond imaginably hard task past what I could reach….it was found in defining what was “enough” and how to enjoy the experience of what it was I longed for…and after many years of not doing so…figuring out that what was in my pantry was worth engaging to create what fit my definition of a perfect cup…and I was worth creating my cup my way…
isn’t.the.experience.of.actually.living.giving, and experiencing. what.it.is.about? Living our moments, embracing the now and possible and making the impossible present by defining it, embracing it and yes, sometimes recognizing that it already exists in our right now life if we allow it?
What is the experience you dram about? What are the scenes of success, love, fellowship, service, creation, or fun in your mind? What is it you long to sit back and know that “by jove, I did it…I do it….I live my life now…
Living too often is put off until tomorrow….too often we don’t choose to share the experience of where we are always waiting for x, y, or z…but how much more is a life shared…whether its the celebrations, the labors, or the sorrows….who is it you think they need you to be before you can?
What your “when” is may look very different than someone else’s. What we choose to value, to give respect to will only be your own to choose. A friend recently shared that when she imagined her best life, it included a towel warmer near her bath…a tangible definitive of one of her “whens” in life….after realizing that was something she should price, look for, or invest in finding out the realities of getting, the single student mom ran across one in a goodwill, brand new, top brand, for $10. Warmed towel and robe later after a relaxing experience in the tub and she began living her “when” moment…the impossible life began to be lived…even though 99% of her stressed world hadn’t changed, she identified and chose to live her “when.”…the rest of her three jobs and school schedule with a child on her own life will continue for a bit, but every day she will re-gain a bit of her “when” life as she exercises to focus on engaging each element that works for her…
What works for you? Look around you. What isn’t working for you, what is taking up space or time in your life that isn’t about your purpose, or even your taste…what simply wastes your time, whether its looking at it or doing it…why is it still in your existence?
Close your eyes, think of your “when” life…the my cup is overflowing life …the one where you imagine you living your best life, your most engaged life…your “I want to be this person life”….the one where you use the gifts and talents God made you to give…and allowed yourself to love you and others with abandon?
What does it look like?
Why can’t you start engaging that life this moment…I bet many if not all of the components of the experience are attainable in your existence today….if you simply allow yourself to be aware of its possibility and engaged in the actions of allowing it to be…
Thanks girlie for the reminder to savor the “whens” everyday!!