As you look around this world is such a busy and intimidating place. We are swarmed in planning our futures and reaching "goals" in life. Throughout our social media or even flipping through a good ol' Cosmopolitan magazine we are always trying to reach those "goals" we are told to reach. You might read that last sentence and say, "No that not me!", but subconsciously we all do it. With all of this being said,do you live in the moment or do you always look to reach goals Do you and I actually take time to not be consistently planning and just appreciate we are now? Taking a look back on this year behind me I can truly say that I have not been living in the moment. Whether living in the moment was seeing new experiences in my life open up or reaching some of the lowest points; I have not embraced the moments in my life. It can be hard to tell others to just live in the moment when you struggle to do it yourself. We can occasionally feel like we just cannot handle it and that everything is caving in and we push away living in the moment. You can have control though of your thoughts and the way you live them out so heres some encouraging ways, that I have also learned, to live in the moment.

JUST breathe.

We can take breathing so for granted. We do not always have to think about it so, we don't always take time to just close our eyes and breathe. Embrace were you are at and know that there is so much potential in you!

Put your thoughts aside.

Don't worry about the paper you are going to start at 11PM or the tryout you have tomorrow. In that moment, put your thoughts aside and appreciate the time given to you.

Have good listening ears.

When I babysit always tell my kids to have good listening ears, but as humans we all need work with listening. We can help work on that by being intentional in conversation. This then develops relationships that grow stronger from being intentional in our thoughts and actions.

If you guys have any thoughts or responses feel free to comment below!