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A candid moment in the park, moving the hair from my face. Sometimes it’s the little things I appreciate. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the first post of the New Year \u2013 Happy New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ah January, the month of resolutions. Well, I\u2019ve got no resolutions for you. For me, this is going to be a month of discovery. And, well, I guess making resolutions is a type of discovery too \u2013 discovering whether or not you\u2019ll keep them \u2013 ha! I feel like I\u2019m the only one who thought that was funny\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But anyway, I\u2019m using this month to discover something new \u2013 something new about myself, the world around me. Maybe I\u2019ll go to a new place, try a new food\u2026you know food had to creep up in there didn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this first entry, I\u2019m discovering, more like rediscovering, something old as time, yet it still is news \u2013 it\u2019s the power of NOW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible says, \u201cNow faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I\u2019ve lost track of why I put that (the previous sentence) there. Perhaps it\u2019ll come back to me. Perhaps you\u2019ll get your own meaning that serves you, so I\u2019ll leave it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the thing I want to say about this whole concept of now, in this month of January when so many are setting resolutions, making plans for the future, is don\u2019t forget to enjoy the present, while you make your way to the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve been stopping by this site for a minute, you\u2019ll know this, if not, here goes: I refer to myself as a writer \u2013 not an aspiring writer, a wannabe writer, someday writer, no just a writer, even though I have no books published, no movies scripts acted out in a theatre near you, DVD library, online streaming service or what have you. But I still consider myself a writer. I\u2019ve been one since the 4th<\/sup> grade. And if none of those things that I want and desire ever become a part of my experience, I\u2019ll still be a writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now (there goes that word again) the sho nuff goal is to make a nice living off of my writing \u2013 in addition to inspiring people, making them think, laugh, just be entertained, but if that never happens \u2013 I\u2019m still a writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, I\u2019m losing my train of thought regarding the point I\u2019m trying to make. I guess what I\u2019m trying to say is that having  big plans for the future can monopolize your present with thoughts of glorious days to come. And sometimes, I get caught up in this mindset where I think I\u2019ll be happy when\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll be happy when I sell some books, or see my movie on the big screen, you know, all those giddy feelings when you\u2019re mind is flooded with thoughts of living your dreams. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, Lord knows, I hope they come. Lord knows I hope I get there, but in the meantime, all I have is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, I want to rediscover, and I say rediscover because I\u2019ve known about the power of now for quite some time, yet it\u2019s an entirely different thing to operate in it. But, if I can truly get myself to forget what lies behind, and while I\u2019m pressing forward, truly take a moment to relish in who I am now, where I am now, what I have now, that would be a new discovery for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this January, or whenever you\u2019re reading this\u2026how about now, let\u2019s be open to the present moment and all it has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, talk soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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