{"id":709,"date":"2018-01-12T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/carpe-momentum-seize-momen\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:12:40","slug":"carpe-momentum-seize-momen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=709","title":{"rendered":"Carpe Momentum — Seize the Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nOften I blog about making moments count. There’s a Latin phrase for it: Carpe Momentum which means “Seize the Moment”. I\u2019m thrilled to be alive HERE on planet earth today in this generation. Even though I live in a 55+ community, I sure don\u2019t want to hang with anyone who thinks \u201cold\u201d. I love hanging with those who live in the moment and in that moment they find so much to be grateful and joyful about. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nThis is MY own definition of a MOMENT: “an instant, that almost imperceptible amount of time that barely registers measurement, but when being present and given full thought and attention to it, miracles can happen, inventions and innovations can be created, lives are transformed and heaven touches earth — because the MOMENT was noticed.\u201d \u2013 Donna Wuerch <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nThe older I get the more I understand the importance and value of seizing the moment. Life\u2019s \u201cstuff\u201d happens to all of us. “Stuff” happened to my husband and I. I remember a season of major challenges in our lives. Important life-altering decisions needed to be made. But, rather than sitting around worrying, we spontaneously decided to take a trip to Branson, Missouri on November 1st \u2013 the first day of Christmas at Silver Dollar City. It turned out to be one of the best decisions we could have made. It was not only therapeutic to get-away-from-it-all, but it refreshed us and took our perspective and attitudes to a whole new place. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nWhen I placed this figurine on my kitchen counter this Christmas, I couldn\u2019t help but remember that weekend, because underneath the items we purchased (as a keepsake of times of sweetness), I would always write the occasion and the date on the bottom. We SEIZED the MOMENT on that weekend. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nSeizing the moment is engaging in intentional thinking. At church, when the priest, rabbi or pastor is speaking, do you find your mind wandering or even falling asleep? And all the while, that speaker may have given wisdom for the answer you needed to help you get out of your difficult situation. I\u2019m one of those \u201cnote takers\u201d in church or meetings because I want my valuable time to be worthwhile and I want to give honor to the speaker\u2019s valuable time that he\/she spent preparing. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nI\u2019m the camera\/photo opt \u201cjunkie\u201d in our family. I’m always seizing the moment to take a photo of precious times. I’m taking a lot of photos while I’m with my two younger grandsons in Austin. Every moment of nurturing them, seizing the moment to cuddle them, and when typical sibling rivalry or some act of disobedience happens, I get the opportunity to talk about God’s way being the best way. I want them to remember Nana as one who was always pointing to Jesus. I know these two young boys will soon no longer be needing for Nana to see after them — like their two older brothers who are now on their own. So every moment seized is every moment remembered. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nSeize the moment. It works like this. In the midst of the craziness of life, seize a few quiet minutes to rest, reflect, recharge. Maybe take a mini mental vacation to enjoy life\u2019s blessings. Instead of working through your lunch hour (or just 20 minutes), turn off your phone and computer to truly enjoy the daily bread you have been given. Go out for dinner\u2026at some place that serves your meal on a plate, not in a bag. Stop by to see your parents, older kids and\/or especially your grandkids. If you can\u2019t get there physically, then call them, skype them, or just sit quietly and send up a prayer for them. Reflect on life and give thanks that you can see, move or even just breathe.<\/div>\n
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Often I blog about making moments count. There’s a Latin phrase for it: Carpe Momentum which means “Seize the Moment”. I\u2019m thrilled to be alive HERE on planet earth today in this generation. Even though I live in a 55+ community, I sure don\u2019t want to hang with anyone who thinks \u201cold\u201d. I love hanging…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3534,4024,4025,3393,2859,4026,4027,2976,1249,2322,4028],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-being-present","tag-carpe-momentum","tag-latin","tag-listen","tag-memories","tag-moment","tag-photo-opt","tag-seize-the-moment","tag-seizing-the-moment","tag-time-flies","tag-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7777,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}