The next month or so promises many changes for extended family. A mother-in-law leaving her home of 45+ years, a daughter and her husband crossing the big pond to live in Europe for the foreseeable future, and the son who lives up North with his bride-to-be navigating the FAFSA to get back in school.
I need to continually practice my deep breathing and living in the Now. The breathing part is so much easier than the Now. Now is nebulous. And can actually be stretched a bit. Now can be an instant or a decade (if you look at the longer timeline of history, anyway). Nowadays is a different kind of "now". But isn't that long view just a cheat to waggle a way to worry.? I think that "Be Here Now" guy back in the Seventies was really talking about the more short-term "now" and if I'm serious about controlling my urge to worry, I really need to get a grip on the now and then (ironically) let it go.
Does any of this have anything to do with Valentine's Day? Now? Yes. Now I have spent time with my husband, made cream of wheat with raisins, and planned for a future together. What's not to love about that?
No comments:
Post a Comment