{"id":2068,"date":"2012-01-02T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2012-01-02T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T16:37:57","slug":"live-life-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/02\/live-life-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Life Right&#8230; NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of 2012, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on the changes I would like to make. Changes in my attitude, in my ways, in my personal life.<\/p>\n<p>So often I get caught up in the busyness of my life, that I miss out. So much living that I&#8217;d like to do, and do it right, not later, but<em><strong> NOW!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>now:<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>at\u00a0the\u00a0present\u00a0time\u00a0or\u00a0moment:<\/li>\n<li>without\u00a0further\u00a0delay;\u00a0immediately;\u00a0at\u00a0once<\/li>\n<li>at\u00a0this\u00a0time\u00a0or\u00a0juncture\u00a0in\u00a0some\u00a0period\u00a0under\u00a0consideration<\/li>\n<li>at\u00a0the\u00a0time\u00a0or\u00a0moment\u00a0immediately\u00a0past<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As I pondered the changes I&#8217;d like to make, changes in my attitude, in the things I do, or don&#8217;t do, I began to make a mental list of everything I&#8217;d like to stay on top of this year. The list began to get long, and I know what happens when I have long lists. I start off great, work real hard towards knocking things off that list one by one. I do awesome for a while, I feel invigorated!<\/p>\n<p>Then, slowly, but surely, things come up in life, things change, routines have to change, the list becomes\u00a0unmanageable in the way in which I designed it, and it becomes doomed to failure.<em> Slowly, but surely.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p>As I continued to reflect on this, and this list of changes continued to float around inside my head, I realized one consistent theme in all the changes I&#8217;d like to make this year.<\/p>\n<p>I want to do things right, and do it now. I want to live life <strong>right<\/strong>, and live it <strong>NOW<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to keep putting things off, <em>until a better time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So much of our family&#8217;s life is on &#8220;hold&#8221; because we&#8217;re trying to sell our homestead. We&#8217;re waiting, and constantly saying things like, &#8220;When we sell the house&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When we sell the house, we&#8217;ll be together as a family again.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;When we sell the house, our finances won&#8217;t be so strained.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>&#8220;When we sell the house&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>I&#8217;ll have time to do more riding,\u00a0<\/em><em><em>more fun schooling,\u00a0<\/em><\/em><em><em>more crafting, more playing&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><em>&#8220;When we sell the house, we can start &#8216;living&#8217; again&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And the list goes on&#8230;\u00a0<em>and on<\/em>&#8230;\u00a0<em><strong>and on&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t change that we&#8217;re trying to sell our house, it is what it is, and obviously we still have a while to wait some more. The economy is not great, acreage properties are not selling quickly in our area, and our hands are tied.<\/p>\n<p>BUT, \u00a0there&#8217;s absolutely nothing stopping me from doing everything I know in my heart that I<em><strong> should<\/strong><\/em> do, everything I <em><strong>WANT<\/strong><\/em> to do, the <em><strong>LIVING, <\/strong><\/em>the<em><strong> RIGHT THINGS<\/strong><\/em> I want to do with my children, right <em><strong>NOW<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing truly stands in my way.<\/p>\n<p>So my new motto for 2012 is:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Live Life Right&#8230;\u00a0NOW!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All the things I know are &#8220;right&#8221; to do, the things I always want to do, like telling my husband &amp; children that I love them, telling them I am PROUD of them, giving them a hug, doing something special for them for no reason, taking rabbit trails in our daily life because it&#8217;s fun, and almost always a learning experience! Rather then waiting to do these things<em> (and then forgetting to do these thigns&#8230;)<\/em>, I want to do them right, live life right, and live it now<em>. <strong>Not later.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Being kind to a neighbour, opening a door with a smile for a stranger, taking an extra 15 minutes to groom my horse instead of feeding her quickly so I can get back to work.\u00a0<span style=\"color:#333333;font-style:normal;line-height:24px;\">Reading the kids one more story, s<\/span>nuggling an extra 10 minutes before they go to bed, rather then being in a hurry to finish the day.<\/p>\n<p>When I hear that still soft voice whisper to me&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;stay a little while, enjoy these moments just a little longer&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>I will remind myself,<em> &#8220;Live life right, Live it NOW!&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/homesteademporium.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-fTNkG8K\/0\/M\/i-fTNkG8K-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of 2012, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on the changes I would like to make. Changes in my attitude, in my ways, in my personal life. So often I get caught up in the busyness of my life, that I miss out. 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