Daily Question, April 3 How might I savor this day? 55 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Holly in Ohio4 months agoHolly in OhioWhat a wonderful question! I should ask myself this every day. Of late my mind has often gone to aches or to unpleasant things, much like picking at a scab. That is definitely NOT the way to savor this day. It isn't the way to heal a cut, either. It does help to shake up patterns a bit and to see and do new things. When we freshen things up, it sharpens our vision. It also helps to savor the day if I speak kindly with my family, and sometimes playfully. How we are, often gets reflected b...What a wonderful question! I should ask myself this every day. Of late my mind has often gone to aches or to unpleasant things, much like picking at a scab. That is definitely NOT the way to savor this day. It isn’t the way to heal a cut, either. It does help to shake up patterns a bit and to see and do new things. When we freshen things up, it sharpens our vision. It also helps to savor the day if I speak kindly with my family, and sometimes playfully. How we are, often gets reflected back. I also think I need something for me today, as I have been neglecting my self-care. Those are my first thoughts. It is a question worth re-asking! Read More6 Reply Carol4 months agoCarolHolly, your imagery is so powerful. “Of late my mind has often gone to aches or to unpleasant things, much like picking at a scab. That is definitely NOT the way to savor this day. It isn’t the way to heal a cut, either.” Take care and time for yourself each day. It’s time well spent. 2 Reply Holly in Ohio4 months agoHolly in OhioThank you, my friend! ❤ 1 Reply Carol4 months agoCarol“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift.” Eleanor Roosevelt I’ve also heard it put this way: The past is history, The future is mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the “Present.” The term, The Eternal Now, reminds me that This is It! That makes it easy to give thanks and savor this day. 10 Reply Mica4 months agoMicaThank you for the wonderful quote, Carol, and by a wonderful woman. I’ve saved it to my gratefulness doc. Swami Satchidananda has a book called ‘The Golden Present’. 2 Reply Carol4 months agoCarolMica, There is also a book called “The Precious Present” by Spencer Johnson 2 Reply Holly in Ohio4 months agoHolly in OhioLovely, Carol! Just what I needed to hear. 🌺 3 Reply Jules B4 months agoJules BTo deeply appreciate that I am free to do what I want – and not take that for granted 12 Reply Carla4 months agoCarlaMy intention today is to walk nearby to a park with a still frozen lake and listen to the beautiful noises cracking thawing water makes. It’s awesome! 7 Reply Howie Geib4 months agoHowie GeibI savor what I pay attention to. So the how of it is by being a better observer. I am way better than I used to be. I used to project my desired life onto the actual day like an image projected onto a wall…and behaved as if the projection was actual life. Now I tend to do that way less. I have a house guest who is looking for a place here. We have spent a few afternoons driving around to open houses. We are looking at much more expensive places than what I have. It’s been interesting for...I savor what I pay attention to. So the how of it is by being a better observer. I am way better than I used to be. I used to project my desired life onto the actual day like an image projected onto a wall…and behaved as if the projection was actual life. Now I tend to do that way less. I have a house guest who is looking for a place here. We have spent a few afternoons driving around to open houses. We are looking at much more expensive places than what I have. It’s been interesting for me as I have reacted the opposite of what I would expect. Instead of envy, I come home and as we enter my place, and as I look out at it in the growing light writing this, I so love the place more. I have seen nowhere I would rather live. In a sense it has allowed me to savor it in the way I think the question implies. I have a place, and a time to live. Here and now. I am enough. I have a role, a job if you will. All of which, not that long ago, I not only didn’t have any deep awareness of, but in fact rejected out-of-hand by preferring my fantasy world in my head. I have said that I have finally found my nest, when, in actuality, I have simply come into myself. From there, grounded in that place, I can really ‘see’. And taking it all in, inclusively, I am open to the ability to savor all of it. Read More21 Reply Anonymous4 months agoAnonymousHowie, I appreciate hearing someone else say this. How often my heart desires have mislead me, and still do at times. But my heart of heart always brings me back home, let the fairy tale be a fairy tale. Accepting what was, what is and what will be. 3 Reply Butterfly4 months agoButterflySo happy for you, Howie. To find that kind of inner peace is very precious. 3 Reply alara4 months agoalaraHowie, this resonated. Appreciated. 3 Reply alara4 months agoalaraBreath and appreciate the ordinary is extraordinary as in this moment. 6 Reply Kevin4 months agoKevinThe same way that I savored living yesterday ─ Just live it! 6 Reply Hermann-Josef4 months agoHermann-JosefBy giving up the wrong way of thinking and cultivating the right way. Becoming aware of all the beauty, and intelligence behind the forms and in the forms. Being aware of joy in silence that is always there. Seeing all the chances that are in front of me to manifest the ideals that I want to live. Leaving aside constant worrying, complaining. Making a decision to savor this day whatever there is needed to be done and feeling what is given to me by the universe day by day. Having joy in trying t...By giving up the wrong way of thinking and cultivating the right way. Becoming aware of all the beauty, and intelligence behind the forms and in the forms. Being aware of joy in silence that is always there. Seeing all the chances that are in front of me to manifest the ideals that I want to live. Leaving aside constant worrying, complaining. Making a decision to savor this day whatever there is needed to be done and feeling what is given to me by the universe day by day. Having joy in trying to give back. Read More6 Reply Iamme4 months agoIammeToday is a day when there’s nothing pressing or urgent to do, the sky is blue and I am going to takes things slowly after having a frenetic and stressful day yesterday. Right now I am bathing in the peace and contentment whilst going through my daily gratitudes, reflections and musings. I will let the day unfold gently, read, think, cook, and walk. 9 Reply Barb C4 months agoBarb CThat sounds wonderful. 1 Reply Christine4 months agoChristineI’m already looking forward to the idea that I can play the church organ again this afternoon, for the first time this year. An organ dating back to 1846. A beauty. (Smitsorgel, Grave)🎶😊🤗 10 Reply KC4 months agoKCChristine, Oh my goodness. What a tremendous joy and delight. I can feel a sense of the energy of your playing the organ in the church as I reflect on your experience. I hope that the resonance lingers, and that perhaps you will be able to do just that again, before too long… Warmly, KC 0 Reply Pilgrim4 months agoPilgrimWonderful, Christine! 1 Reply Christine4 months agoChristineIt was fantastic, Pilgrim. Despite the low temperature in the church and my icy fingers. After a sunny and warm period, winter was back in the Netherlands.🌷🤗 1 Reply Hermann-Josef4 months agoHermann-JosefI always wonder how it is possible, to play an instrument which needs to be played with two hands and two feet. 😳 It must be a very great joy to be able to play an instrument that has such a wide spectrum of sounds along with wide range of volume. With respect, Hermann 5 Reply Christine4 months agoChristineThank you, Hermann. I’m not a real organist and I don’t play with my feet. Fortunately, it also sounds nice with only the manuals. I want to learn the footwork. There is great joy in filling the church with organ sounds. Have a nice day 🎶🌷🤗 2 Reply « Previous 1 2 My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. 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