living in the present

If you have fallen into the routine of life, or find it to be a chore, you have fallen asleep to the preciousness that every moment in life is. It is a great phenomena that we are all living in this physical reality, with a body, an identity, and we have people who we love and are connected with. Every moment should be cherished and precious to us, every hug, every kiss, every moment of eye contact we have with another, those should all be moments we cherish.

 

One of my beautiful, sweet kitties died abruptly, which started a chain of events that gave me a deepening understanding of how true it is that life is best lived in the present. I was shattered by losing my dear animal friend. A couple days later, an acquaintance hit a raccoon, and my heart broke open again. The next day, I barely missed hitting a cat with my own car.