I love being with people and I have a tendency to try to pack too much into too little time. My wife has been very patient with me on this throughout our marriage, but it does result very often in chaos.
An example of what I mean is I promised to take the family to a community Halloween party on the same night there was a function at Peace. I figured I could get the kids home and settled and still have time to catch the end of the the church event. I was not even close.
I showed up at the church long after the crowd had left and I chatted with the clean up crew. I offered to help clean up, but they kindly declined and offered me food instead. As I spoke with several different folks I had a sense that I was doing exactly what I needed to be doing. The conversations we were sharing was the good stuff.
In the effort to pack as much fun in as possible I often miss the "right now" moment. Where do you find it difficult to be present? Do you often find yourself looking to what's coming up next?
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