Today I read The Last Lecture. Wow! It is a short read, but it is awesome. If you have not read it, you should. If you don't think you have the time to read it, you do. :-) You can find information about it if you search on Bing for "The Last Lecture." You can watch a video of Randy Pausch giving the last lecture of his life. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was invited to do this lecture. As I read it and listened to it, it made me think about what I would want to pass on to my kids, those who loved me, those who didn't even know me. What do I want to leave behind?
I do not have a terminal disease, but we do not know what tomorrow will hold. I have been realizing recently that sometimes I have a hard time living in the moment right now. I am not saying we shouldn't plan for the future. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a planner. But I want to try to be better at being in the moment right now with my kids; making the memories and enjoying the moment. Not just looking at what is to come. Enjoy the gift my son is unwrapping on Christmas and not thinking about the next one, enjoying the evening with my friends or family and not being stressed about what I have to do tomorrow. I am trying to get better at that. I am not trying to be a downer or anything. But enjoy right now. I know that sometimes enjoying right now is hard. When I was up three or four times a night nursing my babies, sometimes it was hard to treasure that. I look back now and do love that snuggling time (To be fair, I am more rested, so it is easier to look back fondly.) When my husband and I were first married and we didn't know how we would pay the next bill, sometimes it was hard to enjoy that. But God provided for us every time. I look back and am thankful for those times now. Sometimes the stuff we are going through is hard and we don't know how to enjoy it, but try to find something to enjoy- family, a friend, a lesson learned, laughter. God can bring good stuff from bad, search out the good. Also, read and watch The Last Lecture. Thanks for reading. :-)
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