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I guess the poem and the quote have a
lot to do with my perspective on daily
living. Maybe it will help in some little
way for everyone to understand me a little
better. At least I hope it will.
We are only guaranteed the moment
we are in.
If a person isn't "on the
same page" as I am I would hope that we
could at least enjoy the moment which could
eventually become the same page.
If we don't have that ‘tomorrow’,
it would be a total waste and shame not to
have enjoyed the moments we did have.
I can't force a person to be on
"my page" just as they can't force
me to be on theirs, but reading generally
takes two people to the same page ... the
last one.
Some people read fast and some take
their time savoring every word.
The way I get there and the way the
other person gets there doesn't matter as
long as we both shared the excitement in
"the reading" in between the first
and last page looking at the roses (each
person we love) blooming outside our windows
TODAY ... not yesterday, not tomorrow ...
but ONLY the opportunities for TODAY!
That is why
I am a "live for the present
moment" kind of person.
I don't want to dwell on the past or
have the sky as my goal for tomorrow.
That saying lots of people use …
‘live and love for today’ is very true
because TODAY is ALL we have.
That’s why spontaneity is so
important to me.
I saw my
Mom and Dad plan for things they never did
and they were too busy to enjoy the moments
working for that "future".
There were so many things that they
both told me they missed because they didn't
take the time for those moments they did
have, with each other and those they cared
for.
Dad, as he
was failing, told me to never hold out for
tomorrow because things change so fast ...
in the twinkling of an eye ... to take the
dreams and goals away and you regret never
spending the time or talking or just holding
and looking into the eyes of the person you
made the plans with when you had the
opportunity.
The one that you love never enjoys
you and you never really gave that person
the real you or got all the special things
they had to offer because both of you are
too busy concentrating on a future which may
never be.
He told me ... take each day, fill it
with the people you love and SHARE the time
... even one moment to smile.
Take every one you can get out of
your busy and demanding life since that is
one moment closer to "the last page of
the book". That, he said, is more
important than a lifetime of future plans
that could never happen.
He told me that I should
never settle
for less than I want and need and if there
is someone that I love, whether it is a man,
kids, grandkids or friends, to fight for the
"moments", not the future.
Don't look at the past, what they did
or didn't do, how or why they lived their
life the way they did or plan for the future
because the way we get there or what we have
materialistically is unimportant in the
journey. What is important is that we
get to whatever moment we have as our last,
TOGETHER.
January 2002 -
Trisha Graham
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