“Remember then, there is only one time that is important – Now! It is the only time when we have any power.”
Leo Tolstoy
As the lyric goes, life is what happens to you when you are making other plans. Life does not begin once we get our student loans paid off when our children get over the flu or lose 15 pounds. Or after we scroll through Instagram. Life is instantaneous. It is there in the unmet expectations, in the sufferings and joys. The only moment we can grasp is now.
“The meeting of two eternities – the past and future…is precisely the present moment.”
Henry David Thoreau
The parental cliche is that the days are long but the years are short. Thank goodness for long days. The meaningful work of parenting gets done therein. Bonds are formed and resilience built up, moment after moment.
As we raise our children, we must stop wishing for more, or regret doing less – but simply reach down and pull our sweet child into our arms, right now. Be there with them at this moment, because it will never return.
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.”
Henry David Thoreau
-Ally
The Philosophy of Motherhood 
Short but very powerful. I love this post so much. Sometimes it feels like you’re in my head! Love the sign post at the end 🙂
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“There is no other land, there is no other life but this.”
Wow. Definitely needed to read this post today. Thank you!
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