Staying In The Moment For The Right Reason

Sometimes I wonder about things that come to me suddenly and abruptly. Like how come hotdogs and hamburgers have buns specially designed and made for them and chicken and fish sandwiches don´t have their own exclusive buns.

Okay, so maybe the more popular foods deserve to have their own dressing. But on a more serious note, lately I have been wondering how easily we do certain things, like staying alive, for instance.

Those of us who are healthy and are able to move around independently have been doing all the things we need to do to stay alive as naturally as yawning. As if on auto pilot, most of us have been jumping out of bed everyday for years and fulfilling our many routines that get us through the days, weeks and months.

But when you are faced with what seems to be an insurmountable problem or obstacle, jumping out of bed and completing your routine, a routine you did just yesterday without much effort may seem suddenly problematic, couldn´t it?

Or maybe you are standing at a deceased loved one´s gravesite wondering about all the things that person does not have be bothered with anymore, but you still have to because you are very much still here. It boils down to that selfless act of having the will, good health and stamina to want to be here.

And staying alive is a selfless act because of all the people who love us, rely on us and may even reach out to us when we least expect them to. For we are not just staying alive for ourselves.

We stay alive as long as we can for those we care about and vice versa. So the next time you are finding it a little difficult to get on with your daily routine, think of all the reasons and the loved ones you did it for yesterday and the days before that.

For those loved ones, friends and coworkers are also happy that you are still here and getting on with that routine of the day, no matter how insignificant part of that routine may seem.