Savoring Each Moment

To experience happiness

we must train ourselves

to live in this moment,

to savor it for what it is,

not running ahead in

anticipation of some future

date nor lagging behind

in the paralysis of the past.

With wholeness and

sensitivity we must live

in the here and now.

But what if I don't like

the here and now?

What if my present

moment is one of

disappointment or impairment

or heartache ?

How then doI

savor that moment ?

The answers reside in the

first and most profound

principle for the art of

savoring life;

Pleasure lies in the heart,

not in the happenstance.

Our circumstances may be

dreadful and riddled

with reasons for

discouragement or sorrow,

but that doesn't mean

those moments are utterly

devoid of happiness...

Those special savored moments

of fun, reflection, happiness,

and pleasure give us a

tiny taste of what eternity with

Christ will one day

be like.

~Luci Swindoll~