If you can OWN right NOW, you have WON.
I coined this phrase a couple of weeks ago as I was in a sprinkler park with my sons. As a multi-tasking parent, my mind seems to be constantly thinking about what needs to be done….or who needs to be done?!? [laugh here] Which kid needs what? Or oh yeah…what does my husband need? And last but not least, what do I need?
At that current moment, I stopped and pondered three letters O….W….N and then what words can be formed from those letters. My mind flashed to Owen (which is my father’s name) even though it has four letters, it sounds like OWN. I think about Owen (Shorty) a lot since his passing six years ago. My next thought was about finding peace with his death and missing him each and every day even though years have passed. In just a few moments, my mind circled to the conclusion that I had to OWN my feelings (past and present) and live in this unreplaceable beautiful moment…this flash in the pan.
So I did what any adult who’s in touch with their inner child would do…I got up and played in the sprinklers!
Yes… NOW.
