ART OF LIVING

One of the tragic things known about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

So true it is! How many of us really take the time to "stop and smell the roses"?

Most of us spend way too much time living in our minds... either thinking about the future or the past... going through life as sleepwalkers.

Time meanwhile... waits for no one.

Before we know it, the years have passed. What have we missed?

A whole lot!

Maybe the better part of our lives.

But it's never too late to grab on to life and start living it for all it's worth!

"Smelling the roses" is really talking about living in the here and now.

It means enjoying the air we pump into our lungs with every breath.

It means getting out of our heads and truly becoming a part of the world around us.

It means tasting the food we eat... seeing the faces of the strangers we pass on the street every day.

It means being truly alive. Gloriously... vibrantly... alive!

But were not talking about roses here. We're talking about relationships!

We're talking about truly being with the one we love!

Are you and your lover strangers living under the same roof?

Or are you both truly there for each other?

Do each of you listen to what the other has to say with focused attention... really hearing what they are trying to communicate?

Or do you sometimes drift away... or instead of really listening... be thinking about what you are going to say when it is your turn to talk?

Do you stay visually focused on each other when conversing?

A strong relationship means BEING TOGETHER!

It means sharing life's experiences together... exploring new territory together... growing as people together.

IT MEANS LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE BETTER TOGETHER!

A wise man once said, "The time we spend living in the here and now is the only time our body is healing itself... energizing itself... a time when we do not age... and the only time we are truly alive."

Granted... learning to live in the here and now is not easy.

So don't despair. Practice makes perfect. The more you remember to live in the here and now... even though it may only be once a day for a few moments... or once a week... the sooner you will find this incredible state of being becoming natural to you!

So learn to live each day like it is the last.

But above all... truly live!