The moments we notice are usually those which define and refine us. The moments which draw out the greatest emotions and realizations we have ever known. With them, we experience the greatest gifts and the greatest loss... often simultaneously.

So much of our life is spent rushing from one moment to the next, hardly recognizing them for what they are: slices of real time existence that we are constantly trading for misty visions of futures expected.

Now don't misunderstand, here. There is virtue in mapping out our possible futures. But life should be lived in the here and now, moment by moment.

Some people are so caught up in the "what ifs" and "wannabes" that they forget that the only truth... the only reality... the only pulse of life... is in the Now... this very moment.

Don't spend your energies worrying about the past. It is done... and will be accounted for in your choices today.

Don't worry about tomorrow... for it will come, regardless of our dire fears and joyful anticipations. Just be prepared to act upon the opportunities that will present themselves, rather than being acted upon by reaction and indecision.

The choices are always in your own hands... and choices can be made and made again. We are never condemned by our efforts to make the best choices from the information we have at hand. We can choose and we can correct the choices that must be re-addressed.

Life is meant to be joyful and beautiful. But we must choose to live life Now... in this very moment that we are.

It is our Moment.

Use it wisely.

Realize it fully.