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Awakening To The Simple Blessings Of The Now

Well, it continues to amaze me how wonderful life can be when Iallow myself to simply be present to NOW. My life of late hastaken on a particularly beautiful glow to it, in part because ofa renewed commitment to being present.For example, on Thursday I asked my daughter, Amber, to fixdinner for the three of us, since her mom and I have an eveningclass we fac...

ilitate. Well, did she ever fix dinner! A full3-course meal including a luscious soup, a delectable chickendish topped off with sumptuous strawberries dipped in darkchocolate. I was so proud and pleased by how well she took onher cooking assignment that it made the meal that more delicious.Then, this morning as I took my walk around the Bonclarken LakeI stopped along the path to watch a flock of geese come in for alanding. The beauty brought tears to my eyes. Even my two dogswere stopped in their tracks in amazement.What can I say? Life is good right now. I feel very blessed andI am grateful for the opportunity to share it with you.©2005 Brad Swift of Life On Purpose Institute, Inc. This articlecan be reprinted freely online, as long as the entire articleand this resource box are included....

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