The first Sunday in April of 2020 has greeted us with a dreary, sleepy attitude. The boys are spending time with their dad for the weekend, and all the fur kids are in their usual morning nap spots. I am sitting at my computer in PJ’s drinking my French press coffee from my mother’s favorite coffee mug.
If it were not for the sound of the dishwasher, it would be completely quiet here in the little Storey home. I have spent a great deal of time in the recent weeks reflecting, thinking about the present and dreaming of the future. As I said in a previous post, it is as if God has sent us all to our rooms for a time out. What we do with this time is up to us.
I did a Google search this morning on “past, present and future” as if I am going to magically find all of the answers on the World Wide Web. I have found lots of great recipes to make during the stay at home order on the web; can I not also find the meaning of life? I do like some of the quotes that I found:
Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.
You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future.
I am far perfect, and I have made so many mistakes in life that it is frightening, but every minute of my past took me to my “my present”. I am grateful for my present, and I am living in it. That is not to say that I do not take trips down memory lane. Memories are all we really take with us when we leave this world. And it is not to say that I do not dream about the future. I am optimistic by nature. My optimism has not left me.
I feel a sense of inner peace. I am signing off today with my favorite quote on the past, present and future:
If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.