living in the moment

Living in the moment. Am I the only one who struggles with that???? Something (Maybe the response we got from Hayden’s story last week) tells me that I’m not. That it actually may be just as hard as viewing ourselves from God’s eyes. We live in a world that is run on social media, a world where two people can’t sit down and chat without one of their phones chiming; whether it be with an email, phone call, text, group message, or “‘Blank” just posted something”. Now lots of us would swipe it aside and continue our conversation. But for most of us there’s still that little thought in the back of your head that is focused on that phone alert. ‘What am I going to respond to that email?’ ‘Why would she be texting me now?’ ‘Great, now the group chat will be talking without me.’ The thoughts vary but we’ve all thought them. Social media, it’s great for keeping up with people we don’t see much and a great way to express ourselves or share our talents. But it’s also a great form of distraction from the moment we’re in. Another huge distraction for me is, I try so hard to capture the moment through pictures that I tend to forget to actually live the moment. I know it sounds backwards but I do. So looking back I have some great pictures. But then there’s no memories behind them so what’s the use? Another thing this generation does so well is, we tend to listen to respond, not to hear. We listen only so we know what to say back to them, not to truly listen to their hearts. And I am as guilty of this as the next person. But if we’re ever to live a full life, a life without limits and in the moment then we must make a conscious decision to do so. Turn your phone off for the day, ask someone for their story and truly listen to them, go on that long drive, blare the music, laugh at the lame jokes and stop worrying about tomorrow or what others think. Wake up one day and tell yourself that it’s your last. And then wake up the next day and tell yourself the same thing. “Take risks, make mistakes, and get messy” (kudos to those who know who said that). Because that’s what life is all about. Life isn’t the days that go so smoothly that they fade from your memory. Life is the days you fall in the mud and crack up laughing. Life is the days you’re late for church because you were talking to some old guy with a cart on the street. Life is the days you and your friend eat way too much chocolate for your own good. Life is the days where unexpected things happen and you roll with it. Life is the days you live without thinking about tomorrow or what the person in the next isle is thinking of you. Life is the days you live in the moment. So instead of reading this, nodding your head, agreeing with what I’m saying and continuing to live life the way we all do. Please, get off and do something crazy; live in the moment

-J

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