Xander loves the park and I love this photo of him.
This is Joseph, he turned 17 on 21st October, and he loves Football and he, his brothers and Gary have spent the fall trying to get me to understand the rules of Football. In their Wednesday game, they took district, so now they are playing for State. I won't be at Friday nights' game. Good Luck Diggers!
One of the things that I have learned about watching my children and grand children play is that they exist mostly "in the moment". I fail at this miserably. I live either in the past, battling depression or in the future facing anxiety. So I have been practicing a great technique... When I start to panic, heart pounding, etc, I use all my senses to focus on the present. I focus on what I am immediately hearing, laughter, water etc and then I switch to touch and stroke with my fingertips something immediately by me, if it's a table, I notice the grain of the wood etc, Then Sound, Taste, Smell and also try to acknowledge joy in the moment, in one of those activities. At first it feels awkward but over time it has become much easier and the results are rewarding.
Today I was watching Kung Fu Panda with Xander. There is a great quote in it, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”
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