Little Things

"My most important moments go by, and I don't even know it 'til they're gone."
~ Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford

Reading a novel the other day on my front porch, I inadvertently dozed off. My head bounced on my chest and I woke to feel the spring sun warming my face and body. Sweet; and such a little thing.

In the middle of a workshop, I see a participant with such focus, such positive intention, staring up at me that he makes me smile. His energy hits me like a bolt of lightning. A little thing that's with me still.

Looking out my window this morning, I see green leaves where there were bare branches just a few weeks ago. The new season flows like a wave through my waking body. Lovely view; just a little thing, and one I will treasure all summer.

Sipping tea at an outdoor café, watching people and soaking up the sun and sounds of my small city, I know it's this moment that counts. Such a brief moment, such a little thing.

Big things in disguise, these moments beckon and invite us to notice them. And yet, if you're like me, you are mostly in pursuit of the next moment, letting this one get away. As Judy W. so wonderfully put it in our previous post, I'm already on my way to the next moment, the next completed task. Except when I'm asleep, my body is in constant motion following my thinking – where and what I need to be or do next.

There is so much to do. Time flies. And sometimes, as I rush to get it all done, I remember these little moments of now. Why not linger here? What's the rush?

It's impossible, of course. And yet … Take this moment. Go ahead; take it. Could it be a big thing in disguise? In any case, it won't be here long.

I wish you a day filled with little things and present moments.

~ Judy Ringer