Reflection
The present moment intertwines time and memory. It is a moment that has never happened before and will never happen again. I have this moment in my grasp briefly and then it is gone into the context of my life. The precious gift of each moment of life builds the fullness of my days. To cherish it and live in gratitude is essential to the wonder of being alive. To be attentive is important. To live it consciously and to live it as well possible can be my gift to the universe. Each new day is a gift.
Prayer
May I savor each new day and each moment and experience of life.
Action
How can I appreciate the breadth of my life fully?
Suggested Reading
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Luke 12:25
From the certainty that God’s grace is with us comes the strength to take courage in the present moment: the courage to carry forward what God asks of us here and now,
Pope Francis
What I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
Author Unknown
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Marcus Aurelius
Life is only traveled once; today’s moment becomes tomorrow’s memory. Enjoy every moment, good or bad, because the gift of life is life itself.
Unknown
It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth – and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up – that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever…
Isak Binesen
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul.
Thomas Merton