All that really matters

I had one of those "don't forget this" moments this morning when Anne and Darby were at church. It was a simple thought which ran like this. All that really matters--EVER--is the choice you make in the moment. All moments.

So if you're a rich person or poor, a crippled or an athlete, a rocket scientist or a bum on the street--the only thing that matters is the moment and the choices you make in that moment. So sometimes it is wise to immitate the squirrel and store nuts for the winter. Sometimes, instead of thinking or trying to make money, it is wise to hold hands with your wife, or talk to your daughter, or play music, or kick back and enjoy a flick like Jerry Maguire (wow, a really great movie). Sometimes it is a good thing to work. Just so you don't become addicted to the point of obsession. Also not a good thing to obsess over the funds in the bank, whether getting low or feeling on track for "retirement."

There's one for you--retirement. Life is about being in the moment and living. What will you retire from other than some kind of 9 to 5. Shame that a person can't be in that 9 to 5 mode as just another day of creating the art form of living.

We really are just in this string of moments of creating. So in this string of moments of making art--all that really matters is the choices you make in the moment. Whenever the choice is to neglect the moment, then you've really screwed up.