The New and The Old

Well, out with the old and in with the new.....that's what they say at least. I have been thinking about the past a lot lately, and I have been thinking about the future. But, I realized I forgot to think about the Now. You know. . . this very moment. . . the seconds, minutes, and hours we are now in. I was at my therapist yesterday and was looking around her office as I was talking about things. I noticed some marble spheres on one of the tables. We started talking about them. They were cold and heavy, but she said it is something used to help people get grounded. Grounded - I thought about this word for a few minutes as she was detailing all of the steps to go through to get grounded. I thought to myself, "grounded - the here and now....that's something I need to think about." I think we try to look at the past and all of the things that have gone wrong. We look to the future to all of the wonderful things we would like to achieve, but we forget to live in the Now! Well, I think I'm going to start living in the now. I can't wait until my children are grown for my house to look neat and tidy. I can't wait until later to start eating right or exercising. I have to live for the Now! I have to realize I have today and today is the most powerful time in my life for in today I can make changes to get to my future. In today, I can make changes to those things of my past. In today, I can look at what I have and with gratitude begin to say, "God, thank you for the now, for this moment in time that you have blessed me to make a difference today. To look to my future knowing that all things are controlled by You, and the now is where I should make a difference. I can't change what happened in the past, but I can change how I look at my Now and at my future."