November 15, 2012
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Present
"If you are here, you might as well be here. If you aren't here, where are you then?"
I think it is very seldom where I meet someone that is completely in the moment. Where there point of reference of time is where they are and goes back a little and goes forward a little.
The majority of people live in the past and are always wishing for the better days of their youth and prime.
Others are living for the future always chasing something they have yet to achieve or accomplish.
But its rare. Its rare to find people to be completely happy with where they are and yet excited for things to come and fulfilled with the things that have passed.
I simply want to meet more of these types of people. I want to watch them work and how they go about their day. I want to be inspired.
I find myself building up other people just to be inspired by them.
Went for a walk with a older coworker who treats me like a son. He said to me "it's just a job." And for him it is. He does it just to do it here. He has no passion or excitement for what he does. And I wonder to myself how many people I talk to who are just getting by. It is so rare to find that one individual that is so excited about what they do. It reminds me of the story of the two men laying bricks for their work. One man when asked what he was doing responded, " Just laying brick after brick." The other responded, "I am building a Church so that my kid's will have a place to worship."
It makes me think that sometimes I need to see the bigger picture. I need to remind myself of the vision I have for myself 5 years from now and that my actions today bring me closer to that step. Its hard to remind myself that while I am staring at spreadsheets getting on conference calls here to mexico and here to china on parts, widgets, ocean, and air freights that I do not care anything about. That it is these skills I will directly need in the future for something much greater. But if I lose sight of that, the moment simply hurts. And I can not even enjoy the moment.
I guess that is it. People find a reason for their essence. A reason to persevere and endure. Its easy to give up on yourself than on someone else. And its easier to work towards an ideal than yourself as well. Ideals worth fighting for are hard for me so I must find people worth fighting for. Worth making a difference for.
The winter season is coming. I feel it in my spirit. Winters are always the hardest for me. I do not know why.
We need you. Fight the good fight.
Comments (6)
Have you seen the Ted talk on "Want to be happier? Stay in the present"?
I've been thinking about something along the same lines recently. It seems as if everyone around me is just waiting for the present to pass until the future comes along and they find a "better time" or a "better job" or a "better place". I'm starting to think this rare breed of people who live in the present do not exist
@phobabyy - WE WILL BE THAT BREED!
winter is the hardest for me too. im not sure why...maybe its just knowing that the new year is about to start?
Not here then I must be there. I'm content in the moment until someone else is in my moment, haha. Nah really, I'm a dream chaser, searching for something that I have yet to achieve. But I've been in this one place so long that I find myself living in the moment more often. Maybe that's God's plan for me though and He is trying to help me learn to be content once more.
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