As I think about the many ways my life has changed in the last year, one of the most unexpected things is the way that I am learning to enjoy life in the everyday moments. 

As I spent time with a friend yesterday, we paused again and again to look at the day’s sunset. We stopped the CD that was playing to talk about the words. We breathed in the experiences of the moment. 

My friend commented that she had heard someone refer to this kind of life as having your pond stocked, a process that fills your pond with living, breathing fish, so that it teems with life. 

And truly that was how I felt. At that moment, my pond was stocked. I was full. 

Even today, as I have begun reading a book by Barbara Brown Taylor entitled “Leaving Church” and she gives voice to her life’s experiences, her thoughts led me to stop, breathe, ponder, and enjoy the moment. I didn’t feel it necessary to read the next chapter. I wanted to soak in the expressions of her heart.  Read more...