What if?

I was thinking this morning about how most of us live our lives. We have this horrible fear of death, so we pretend it's never going to happen and that we'll live forever. Consequently, myself included, to avoid facing that fact we live in 'tomorrows.'

Tomorrow I'll make more time for myself, tomorrow I'll eat better, tomorrow I'll start my business, tomorrow I'll start doing the things I always wanted too, tomorrow I'll be happy. Because we live so much in the idea of 'tomorrows' we rarely use 'today' to live our lives aligned with how we would like our lives to look like.

I'll ask you to try something. Write out what an average day looks like for you, from waking up, to going to bed. Once that's complete, I'd like for you to write a list of all the things that are most important to you, the things you love to do, what makes you happiest. Now, compare your day, and your list. How many of those items on your list made it to your day, or had the time they/it deserves?

I think most of us live days, and lives that have somewhat 'happened' to us. Like we fell into it, and just kept going. But what if there was another option? What if you could take that list, and work your day around even a few of those points? How might your life be different?

See, I think that yes, we should be accepting of life as it is, and be in the present moment as it arises. However, we are also in this world to experience it, and we have free will to experience it more fully. So, why not take a chance? Maybe today is the day that you spend more time with your spouse, go to your first class, buy a stranger a cup of coffee. This is your life, live it on your terms and own it.