Being " in the present moment " is an ongoing issue for me. I see that same quality mirrored in my 8-year old daughter. I am constantly being peppered with questions like: "What are we doing this weekend?" "Is there anything special coming up?" "I can't wait until summer .... " As a child I would often hear my Mother say; " stop and smell the roses ", instead of rushing through my childhood. I tended to push forward to each milestone, instead of fully enjoying the spaces in between. Even in my 30s I had not made enough improvement in this area. I read a book called Real Moments by Barbara De Angelis. The message in the book was very similar to what my Mom had always told me, but the message was packaged differently enough to catch my attention and make me stop to consider how it affected me. I began to make subtle changes. While fighting through morning traffic on the w...
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