I honestly think we can learn something new each day. The biggest challenge is usually staying present in the moment to notice. I started getting out and reconnecting with friends. What I often finding myself doing before we met up was worrying about what were going to say. It’s at those moments when you have to tell that little voice inside to “be quiet.” If you are present in the company of others, you can always find something to talk about.
What does it mean to be present? That’s always a great question when people ask me. It’s giving the other person you undivided attention. I always like to define what it is by stating what it is not. Let me give you some examples. Being present is not worrying about what you could be doing with someone else. Being present is not scrolling through your phone when someone is sitting with you. being present is not thinking about what you are going to do once you leave. Being present is saying to the person you are with, that they are important enough to listen and let them be heard.
Once I learned what it meant to be present, my marriage and all of my other relations greatly improved. The power is in your hands. The one thing that is always in your control is yourself.
In life there is a dynamic duo by the name of Now and Later. To be successful, we have to learn to appreciate now in order to navigate or influence want we want later. Take for instance, whatever you are going through right now in life can provide the tools and the wisdom you need to manage future difficulties later, if you look for it. Take what you learn now and apply it towards what you will face later. It becomes compounded wisdom.
There will come a time on your personal journey, that if you actually start to like the person you are becoming, you will make the conscious decision to eliminate all that no longer serves you. Those things are the distractions that block all the goodness that life offers up like the beautiful sunrises or breathtaking sunsets. Life gets more enjoyable and you start to enjoy who you are and the gifts that you discover within you. Life was meant to be enjoyed not endured.
Sweet N Social 
