“There is one aspect of life that is available to you at all times. That is the choice to be awake and alive in each present moment.”

 Beverley Pugh

One of the things I love about life is that every moment is a new moment.

When I reflect on that, I take a deeper breath and I feel uplifted.  What is important for me about each moment being new?  It gives me the opportunity to move to a more awakened place and choose a different way of being – whether it is more relaxed, more perspective, more compassionate, more courageous, more forgiving. Each new moment offers new possibilities. How good is that!  Often we often live our lives out of conditioned habit.

Imagine a life where you are awakened to each moment.  I get excited just writing about it.  Imagine not taking each moment in our life for granted.  Remember, when we live unconsciously, we just roll from one moment to another.

Now imagine you are turning on a light bulb in a darkened room and there is light.  You can see the moment with clarity and with each moment there is choice.

Each moment can be lost to the past or to the future by the focus of our minds. Our minds would argue to not make a big deal out of every moment. “It’s just a little moment”, says the mind.  “Wait for the big one.” Well we could wait a long time and miss the beauty and the power of choice that exists in each moment.

I encourage you all to stay awake to each moment and to bring to it what is really important to you.