#SQUEEZETHEMOMENT

Have you found yourself wishing your current season of life away? Do you often say things like, “I can’t wait until…”?  We all do!  It’s natural to want our current “aches” to be replaced  with relief but it’s not where we want to spend the majority of our  thought-life.  When we do, we find ourselves wondering how time went by  so quickly and wishing we had it to do again.  So then, how do we avoid  the habitual life-sucking routine of “wanting it to go and then wishing  it stayed,” and enjoy our here and now?  

Life is lived NOW so don’t spend time or head-space longing for the  next season of life and your future. When you live to get to the next  place, space, and time, you MISS the present.

You will NEVER have another moment like the one you are in right now.

RELISH it!

Squeeze the most out of every moment.

How many times have you heard a new mom say, “I didn’t realize  how easy life was without kids.” Or, an older man say, “If I could go  back and have it to do all over again, I would!”  Though your days may  be long, momma, the years are short!

“You will NEVER have another season like the one you are in right now.”

There is SO much to experience right now, where you are (and  it’s the ONLY thing you can experience NOW). Learn from it, grow from it  and even take some of the bruises but most of all smile, laugh and find  joy right where you are! It’s all we’ve got…ENJOY it!

Have you ever wished for a magic button that would stop time or  maybe even rewind it to a particular time in your life?  What would you  say, if I told you stopping time is actually possible?!  Today, we are  going to look at just that!

Stopping time is going to take commitment and a special practice.  Are you ready to embrace this life-defying secret?

Drum roll, please….

To stop time, YOU must STOP!  Pause.  Literally and figuratively.   That’s right.  There is no crazy universe stop button except that which  exists in you.  In our fast-paced world, life goes a mile a minute, we  have a million responsibilities, 10 different ways to be reached at all  times, and are asked to continually add to our already full plate.  In a  state of living so occupied by stuff and schedules full of just  “doing,” you must make the physical space and head space to pause.

You can stop time.

So, how do we do this?  Put the phone down, quiet your mind, and  focus on just what is in front of you at this very moment.  I know it’s  tough, especially the whole putting your phone away but you will be  shocked at just how much that little device dictates your stress levels,  emotions, and distracts you from what actually matters.  I bet you will  find it difficult to not look at your phone for 7 mins!  I’m not  kidding, it’s HARD.  Try it!

Where is your phone when you are on a date?  How about when you are  playing with the kids or hanging with some friends?  If you are like me,  it is within hands reach and interrupts your conversation multiple  times in every interaction.  This is just the life we live.  I know you  can’t just turn it off and walk away as much as you may like with the  demands of work, family needs, and the like.  However, in order to get  the most out of life and truly experience deeper, fuller relationships,  you must turn it on silent or put it on the charger, when you are with  those who are most important to you.

“Life is too short to be lived riding in the backseat of our technology’s whims, so let’s take the driver seat and enjoy those we are with right now.

If you don’t take the time to pause the constant chatter of all that comes with your phone, you will find yourself stressing out on your loved ones because you got a text, call, or email (or perhaps, even saw something on social media) that steals your moment and wraps you up in stress, anxiety and ill-emotions. Life is too short to be lived riding in the backseat of our technology’s whims, so let’s take the driver seat and enjoy those we are with right now. When you do this, you won’t need to worry about rewinding time because you will have squeezed the most out of it when you had it the first time! 

Let’s go!

Angela