Comments on: It’s Evenings Like This

By: jacinta

jacinta — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:10:57 +0000

Yes, it is an ongoing battle. I am now half way through my 16 weeks arts course (and loving it) and yet, in the back of my mind is the worry of when it will end.

I am trying to focus on the moment, the ‘now’ and make the most of it while I can, instead of dwelling on the future. Easier said than done, hey!

Sounds like a great evening by the way…

By: MN Sunshine

MN Sunshine — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:05:24 +0000

I guess it is overworn, but I like it:
Today is a gift.. that’s why it is called the present.
For now, today is the best day of the year.

By: Cat Chaser

Cat Chaser — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:27:07 +0000

Good to hear that you had a fabulous evening.

Yea, “what next” thoughts creeps up into my head too!

By: sizzle

sizzle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:34:49 +0000

Sometimes we get so lost in our own heads we make ourselves miss out. It’s hard to “be here now” but it’s worth it to try.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:51:58 +0000

I actually feel guilt, when I’m in the house for whatever reason, when an evening is that perfect…what I wouldn’t give, right now, for one of those perfect evenings though, when here in MN we are still 20 degrees below normal for temps for us this time of year. When we had snow last weekend (thank God I was out of town!) and while the sun comes out, we won’t potentially see 70s again till next week…please…

I love those evenings and sounds like you spent it in just the most perfect way. It’s those days when I most want a dog. Cause then I have someone that needs to get out anyway!!

It’s funny as I TRY to schedule my life…and I never seem capable of sticking to it. I always allow changes in…but that’s a good thing. I go nuts if things are too scheduled and I have too much going on.

By: JACC

JACC — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:29:48 +0000

I can’t live the over scheduled life for very long. Take your irrational thoughts and multiple them by 100 and that’s what I’m like after a few months.

By: The Exception

The Exception — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:58:19 +0000

I remember days as you describe… I remember days when the future was right there and open for dreaming and such. Now sometimes I think I am so busy living in the day that I have forgotten what it is to have a dream for the future. It is something I am working on, but… it would have been easier to have kept that ability to dream alive, if only to be used in frequently!

By: charlotteharris

charlotteharris — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:49:37 +0000

“I couldn’t help but think the perfect way this evening would frame life if my what’s next could somehow be my right now.” — So true, I wish for that all the time. You really have a talent for putting complex thoughts and feelings into simple words. Great post.

By: anne

anne — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:52:20 +0000

I just got off the phone with Tom trying to convince him of this exact idea – to live in the now and appreciate it for what it is. Because in some ways this it, you know, at least for the time being. If that makes any sense.

By: brookem

brookem — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:43 +0000

We share SO much in common. I do the same thing. I too, am the appreciative type, but also have that tendency to always be thinking of the “what’s next?” I have been trying real hard to practice being as present as I can, in each particular moment. Really trying to take it all in, you know, that whole “not being attached to the outcome” thing that we talked about? It’s definitely not easy.

There’s a book I’ve been meaning to get… something like… “A Women’s Guide to Mindfullness”… and this reminds me of that.

None the less, your evening last night sounds just so very delightful. I hope you have heaps more of those to come.