I've always looked forward to the future. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I look forward to the future so much that I forget to enjoy the present.
When I was in high school, I wanted to be in a career.
When I was living at my parents house, I wanted to be out on my own.
When I was in beauty school, I wanted to be working as a stylist.
When I was 15, I wanted to be 16.
When I was 16, I wanted to be 18.
When I was 18, I wanted to be 21.
And just the other day I caught myself thinking, "Gosh, I can't wait until our children are grown, & Tom is retired so we can just travel & spend all our time together." Immediately after thinking that I was like, "Wait, why would you say that?" I am always looking forward to the next best thing. Now that I'm older & wiser, I would give anything to be back in high school...or to live care-free at my parents...or to have all the fun I did in beauty school.
In the moment, I am always thinking that the future will be so much better and then I look back at my past and say, if only I would've cherished what I had...
So I am trying to live in the moment, and enjoy exactly where I am in my life at this point. And that is being a wife, & the mother to a wonderful 10 week old baby boy. The time has already flown by so fast. I can't believe that I would wish for it to fly by even faster. I will enjoy my life right now & try not to focus so much on where I will be in the future. Because one day, not too far away, I will say "I wish I could go back to the days when Alex was so young!!".
Here's to living in the present, enjoying the moment, & looking forward to whatever the future may hold.
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Great post!! this is something i always have struggled with and having Wyatt makes me look at life sooo much different!
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