SHOWING UP FOR LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES

The best way to enjoy anything or any moment is to show up. Just show up. Be there.

If your body is doing one thing and your mind is somewhere else, you are not showing up for the moment.

When you bite into a grape really taste it. Be there in the experience. See the color as you pick it up to bring it to your mouth. Notice how it pops as you bite into it. Notice the taste. Feel the texture. BE THERE.

At that moment there is no past or future - only now.

When you brush your teeth are you aware of the taste of the toothpaste? Do you feel the brush in your mouth? What else do you notice? Or do you brush you teeth thinking about the next thing on your grooming list or something else?

When you fold your clothes when they come out of the wash do you notice the smells, the textures, the colors, the shapes of your laundry or are you somewhere else in you mind thinking about something else?

When you hug someone are you there or is your mind on what you are going to do next or what time it is or some other concern or are you totally aware of his/her presence to you and yours to him/her?

When you are talking with someone are you really listening or thinking about something else or what you are going to say next?

When you are with the one you love can you share an embrace without words and just be there with each other feeling the love, feeling your souls merge into one?

Be there. Show up.

Life is too short not to show up.