It's a Tuesday night and I just finished a core/crossfit class - absent for a few weeks due to travel.
I'm struggling and I am not sure how to be Boston Strong. I've been seeing news stories remember that tragic attack on true athletes and cheering supporters of the community. Each and everyone affected by that tragedy had huge physical, emotional, mental hurdles.
I'm told my self worth and happiness shouldn't be defined by my marital status.
I've made some pretty dumb moves, comments, signals, wardrobe, hair, makeup, winks and anything else tied to the realm of companionship.
I felt inspired by some of the words by the prophet, apostles, general authorizes over the conference weekend. But soon after I've fallen into a pit of doubt, fog, fear, scared of physical rejection, and foolishness.
I'm strong, successful, knowledgable, multi-talented, law bidding (minus parking tickets and a curb hop in the jeep) and stable.
What I'm realizing is I don't live in the moment, I am always planning, moving and looking past my nose.
A few dear friends have counseled that -
wherever I land I'll be "OK".
How do you live in the moment? What is your Boston Strong?
- Posted by Carrie Valentine
Location:18th St NW,Washington,United States
3 comments:
Good question. For me I know anything can change within an instant. Where will we live? Will we make enough money? Will I loose weight after baby? I can wonder and stress about it or I can live for today because sometimes I don't know if I will have enough for tomorrow. I try to have more hope than fear.
The best way I live in the moment is any time I allow myself to just go be with Lily and have fun. Toddlers are naturally "in the moment" people, so when I let go and just play, I'm able to have so much fun.
Maybe you could do a Big Brother/Big Sister program? Or just borrow a kid from friends for a day. Any kid would be lucky to have you as a mentor and friend, and being around a kid on a semi-regular basis forces you to be in the moment pretty often. And it's fun.
You are an amazing person, and I hope you find your Boston Strong and the ability to live in the moment. President Uchtdorf's talk at General Conference was an incredibly inspirational message to live in and be grateful for the moment.
Lots of love and hugs are sent your way.
Well for me I just don't plan. That seems to work best for me. I admittedly take it to extremes that might not be really recommended. For instance, I do not think my frequent failure to plan dinner ahead of time is one of Justin's favorite things about me. However, my unwillingness to create solid plans for the next 5 years of my life, or even 5 months, is in many ways nice. I like to think it's led to broader horizons, and mostly I just love the spontaneity of finding myself doing things that wouldn't have come to mind if you'd asked me a year ago what I would be doing with myself this time next year.
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