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Appreciate the Moment

Most self-help advice focuses on the future – on what will be. Set goals. Plan ahead. Dream of where you wish you were instead of where you are.

Those are great ideas but let me share just one word of caution: don’t focus so intently on your future that you forget to be engaged right here, right now. This moment may never come again.

The importance of appreciating the moment is illustrated in the life of Wally Pipp, a man you probably won’t recognize unless you’re a major league baseball historian. Wally was the starting first baseman for the New York Yankees in the early 1920s. On June 2nd, 1925, Wally asked to skip the game because of a headache.

“I’ll be fine by tomorrow,” he told his manager.

There was just one problem: the player who took Wally’s place was Lou Gehrig, who went on to play a then-record 2,130 consecutive games over fourteen seasons and became one of the most beloved Yankees of all time.

This moment in your life may never come again. Your children are growing up right in front of you. Soak up every second you can with them. Be thankful for your marriage even though it isn’t perfect. And if your career isn’t where you’d like it to be, remember that today you create the rest of your tomorrows.

In the words of Henry David Thoreau: “Launch yourself on every wave and find eternity in each moment.”

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Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith November 10, 2022 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

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Jim-Daly Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.

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