that's just one reason to welcome spring.
yet another reason is the idea of shedding the old and starting anew. leaving behind old baggage and opening up to new, fresh experiences. the season commands renewal and revival, exuberance and excitement.
i spent the middle of my day enjoying the sun with my friend kate s taking a leisurely stroll through central park. as we walked and talked, we periodically stopped for a moment to enjoy our immediate surroundings. it got me to thinking...by tomorrow, our time together will be stored away as history, a fond memory that we'll reflect upon in the following years.
"the journey IS the destination."
we have so many dreams, goals, visions for what we want our lives to look and feel like. sometimes we forget to live life right here and now, as it is. i'm terribly guilty of this. in the last year, my life has been a series of less than great decisions that have cost me dearly. i'm in major repair mode, so this easily lends itself to living in a far out future where all my problems are solved and the dust has cleared. but this is really no way to live. i find myself discounting my life these days because it doesn't look and feel good enough. it was during our walk that i was reminded one simple truth...there's really no tomorrow. there's only today. this is hard to digest when you desire something or someone that is not within your grasp. we live in the past through our memories, regrets and good times or in some unknown future that isn't guaranteed to us.
i wish for you and myself to really live each day as it comes this spring, relishing every moment. not sharing it's precious space with yesterday or tomorrow. just today.
