Who Says You Can’t Enjoy Life Right Now?

There’s a lot of habits we pick up over the course of our lives, some that are not very productive. One that many of us have subscribed to way too often is the habit of delaying our enjoyment of things in life. We routinely tell ourselves that we can relax after things have started to settle down. Or, after all the work is done, then we can have a little fun. It’s as if we think that life has to be in some type of managed order before we can allow ourselves the freedom to simply enjoy the moment. But here’s the problem, the moment will rarely show up primed or as a clean, finished product that’s ready to go. There is always something else to manage. There is always something else to improve. Miraculously, there is always something in front of us that deserves our attention first.

After time passes, it’s like our enjoyment changes from a right of freedom to conditional occurrences. Since when does the ability to sit back and enjoy the moment (or any number of things that we enjoy doing) have to be earned rather than to simply being allowed to experience it?

I think that we too often overlook the small, complete moments that already exist in our everyday lives. For instance, when we enjoy our morning coffee, when we have pleasant conversations with the people we love, or when we are able to enjoy a nice meal out at a nice restaurant, these moments do not require everything else in our lives to be resolved. Why? Because these moments, like so many others, don’t ask us for perfection or that our life’s tasks are perfectly completed first. The only requirement it asks of us is that we show up with our attention to the present moment.

As you begin to notice them, our lives begin to shift. Life feels less like a build up to future moments and now we feel that it is more accessible. The doors are now open and we are invited in. Not every moment of enjoyment is available somewhere else at some other point in time. Enjoyment does not arrive at the end of the process. It can exist during the moments that build it and exist within it. Once you open yourself to this understanding and recognition, your relationship with time begins to rebirth.

In the Kind Rebirth space, you don’t have to chase what’s next. While you are in the moment, you are experiencing what’s already here. You no longer have to wait for closure; you enjoy the ride taking you there.

Stay mindful…

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