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Anticipation. For me, it’s kind of like the whole “curiosity killed the cat” type of thing. When I have something to look forward to, I desperately want time to fly by and hurry up and for the moment to get here. Then, the moment comes, it’s awesome, and before I know it, I’m begging time to slow down or to rewind.
It’s kind of like when you’re reading a book with several different story lines and there is one that is awesome and one that kinda sucks. You just want to skip ahead to the good parts, the parts that are about the storyline that you’re dying to finish, while the crap storyline falls to the wayside. I used to skip entire chapters of books because I just wanted to read about what happened to one specific character – I didn’t care about how the rest of the story was developing.
Anticipation makes me crazy nervous and crazy excited. It’s fun. And, as I’m getting older, I’m realizing that there is a lot to be said for the present. For this moment. I can hope and dream and plan and wish, but at the end of the day, what is supposed to happen, will. I can make decisions that will swing my life one way or another, be prepared for a lot of situations and be conscious of my surroundings – but when it comes right down to it, I’m learning to appreciate what is happening RIGHT NOW. Because if I spend too much of my time with my head in the clouds, I may miss out on some fantastic stuff that is happening down here, on solid ground.
How do you slow yourself down? How do you focus and enjoy the moment?