HOW OFTEN DO WE forget to remember – to be grateful – to appreciate the moment and everything just as it is within our lives? A friend wrote that she was wishing she had a larger apartment. This just after she had finally had her first apartment without a roommate. And I thought how most of us fall into the trap of longing for something in the past or the future, and forgetting the present. As humans we have a tendency to compare and lust after something we do not have. It keeps us out of the flow of What Is. We are often pining for what isn’t, and this dis-empowers us.

When I lived in a 10X10 room for ten years, I decorated the room. I decorated the garden, learned watercolor, and did some of my most meaningful writing there. There were times when I felt wishful for something different, but as I pulled myself back to gratitude, I felt happy at being in a town I adored and having the freedom to live life on my terms. I had made a conscious choice to trade the high paying, high stress lifestyle for something that allowed me to have time to think, to sit in contemplation, to walk – to just be.

It is important for us to make each day and each moment the fulfillment of our dream. In order to do that we have to determine what is meaningful to us so that we can choose a path most appropriate for our wellbeing. My top priority was freedom, so I made choices that fulfilled that need. Once we find our path, we need to honor it. There will always be something we gave up in order to have what we chose. We cannot do it all – and understanding that brings us to a level of maturity that is soul edifying. We may aspire to something more – that’s human nature. But while we are in this moment, doing what this time frame brings us – let’s remember to appreciate it and see it as the gift it is.

When we deal with what is in front of us rather than what is not, we can enrich it or enjoy it in new ways. A simple cup of tea becomes a major treat as we partake of it consciously and give ourselves a quiet moment of reflection or appreciation instead of gulping it down while we do other things. When we are conscious of the moment and our plentiful gifts, we can begin to plant seeds for a future harvest. The ground is fertile when we prepare it with gratitude. The seeds of possibility are ready. All we have to do is plant them, water them with care, and observe their growth and changing form as they develop into what they will become. And in the process…in the now… we appreciate what is.•

© Kathleen Jacoby, 2005

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathleen Jacoby is a professional numerologist with over 25 years of experience. She is also one of PlanetLightworker's earliest contributors and an incredible spiritual teacher. She has been on radio and television, and has lectured and taught extensively. You can obtain your own Yearly Projection either on audiotape or through e-mail by contacting Katheen.

In addition to numerology, Kathleen is the editor of a quarterly newsletter of ideas and inquiry called Seasons of the Soul, and author of the critically acclaimed spiritual adventure novel, Vision of the Grail. You can e-mail Kathleen with questions or comments at: KathleenEJacoby@aol.com or visit her website: www.grailvision.com .