tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post1953958571752096478..comments2023-10-29T04:39:08.157-07:00Comments on Creative Arts Anonymous: Are We There Yet?Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-74123814717512530872009-12-21T07:03:22.160-08:002009-12-21T07:03:22.160-08:00Perhaps, Stephanie, it is a question of definition...Perhaps, Stephanie, it is a question of definition. Is "living in the moment" synonymous with "racking up the credit card debt"? I would actually think it isn't. Perhaps it's time for another blog post on it.Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-40220856532757916932009-12-18T15:24:53.328-08:002009-12-18T15:24:53.328-08:00I live for tomorrow. Maybe that's why time fli...I live for tomorrow. Maybe that's why time flies by so fast... I swear it just turned 2000 and we're almost to 2010, and in a blink of an eye we will be in the year 2020...<br /><br />Good advice to stop and enjoy life, and especially your kids why they are young.<br /><br />ThxJeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-30075189554850052442009-12-18T06:38:42.757-08:002009-12-18T06:38:42.757-08:00Sorry, first comment was brain-dead.
I think peop...Sorry, first comment was brain-dead.<br /><br />I think people need balance. Living in the now is a great thing, it's why children, as a whole, are happier than adults. They live now and their worries about the future are minimal. <br /><br />I disagree that it's a lesson one needs to learn, though many adults end up needing to relearn it, if you know what I mean.<br /><br />But always living in the now has it's downsides, too. The credit crisis in this country has a great deal to do with people wanting to live in the now without asking themselves how they'll be living in the future. Living in the now makes one feel fearless and immortal. There's a reason so many teenagers fall victims to drugs and alcohol.<br /><br />But always focusing on the future isn't smart either, or happy any more than focusing on what you don't have is healthy. If you can't enjoy today, what makes you think you'll enjoy tomorrow? After all, tomorrow never gets here; by the time it arrives, it's today.<br /><br />I think you need a healthy balance, some part of your brain that thinks about the future, sets aside some of the excess for whatever comes, appreciates the discomfort of today because of what it buys you, but also you need to be able to live in the moment. <br /><br />If you stress and struggle to arrange a vacation, relax when you get there. If something falls of the itinerary but everyone's happy, it's still good. Spend an afternoon reading books to your kids or playing a video game, or window shopping. <br /><br />In the end, the time you spent with the people you love enjoying yourself, those will be the memories you cherish when you're in tomorrow and looking back on today.<br /><br />I also meant to add, I'm equally clueless with my time sense. CLUELESS.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-36414538465725441392009-12-18T02:13:02.587-08:002009-12-18T02:13:02.587-08:00Being now, is one of the hardest lessons for us al...Being now, is one of the hardest lessons for us all to learn. To live a lifetime in the beat of a heart and then birth the self again at the next beat AND then to stay focused on just the task of the moment. <br /><br />And when the hour of your daughters birthday does arrive may it be a wonder of five hundred lifetimes packed into a single moment.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-29600276576846104192009-12-17T22:35:18.199-08:002009-12-17T22:35:18.199-08:00I just finished my novel, right now. Does that cou...I just finished my novel, right now. Does that count?Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.com