Scraps of Life

I am a voracious reader always trying to fit reading into my daily schedule. If you open the gigantic black tote that I drag around with me everywhere you are bound to find torn out articles, ear-marked books, or magazines with highlights and folds. Even when I am on my treadmill I am tearing out articles and making notes on scrap paper. This might be almost as dangerous as texting while driving - but I digress. I read everything from: business books to business magazines, periodicals, newspapers, and the occasional blog. I am still adapting to blogging and continue to be overwhelmed with the amount of technology that threatens to drown me in a sea of alphas and numerics. However, the other day I read an article titled "Life Is Good...Don't Miss It!" which got my attention immediately. It asked if we were so busy checking email and running our tasks lists that we might have forgotten how to enjoy the little stuff? Your life is happening right now, so ask yourself, Am I truly enjoying the moment? It is the condition of life today - multi-tasking, hurrying, and ironically making connections so constantly that we don't realize how disconnected we really are. I see people text and check their blackberries while they are out to dinner with their families or take their dog out for a walk on a beautiful day while remaining on their cell phone the entire time.... Do we really have that much to talk about? We need to slow down and pay attention to what we're experiencing when we are experiencing it! This applies to work as well - We are so busy "multi-tasking" we aren't doing anything with our full attention anymore.

Our lives are only a series of moments and to hurtle through them on autopilot means you're missing the whole thing.

Your life is happening right now - turn off your phone, do less and ultimately receive more!