I spent a few moments with Nate this morning. He woke up as I was passing by his room, and just wanted me to hold him. I picked him up, after retrieving his pacifier which had fallen, and held him in the rocking chair in his room. He just snuggled in and went back to sleep. It must have only been five minutes, but it felt longer. Just rocking. Those are the moments we live for. When we're just there for someone else, no matter how small. Someone we love.
How much time do we spend thinking about things that aren't in the present? How to make more money? What to do tomorrow? What needs to be done? How we're going to do something? What to do about something that's already happened? What if we did something different instead?
We'd all be a happier if we lived a little bit more in the here and now. That's the only time we ever really have where we can make a difference.