“Use the Present Day with Luck”

When you can finally slow down to capture more pleasures in each day, home and life take on a whole new meaning.  Our culture is becoming such a rush-rush-rush society.  Being rushed doesn’t seem to make anyone happier or more accomplished.  It usually seems to just bring more anxiety.

I learned a lot about our tendency to keep ourselves busy when I moved to Germany, as many of you know through the months of revelations I’ve shared on Making This Home.  The moments in life make all the difference, and gosh we’re lucky to have so many beautiful minutes.

Martin and I were racing for shelter in an enormous rainfall this weekend when I caught this right beside me, clearly telling me to enjoy the rain and the moment:

It’s always confusing to see and hear German or English when I do not expect them.  A German poem in a public space in the US?

Here’s the same stanza in English:

I’m leaving you with that today.  So use the present day with luck!

What are the simple things you are slowing down and enjoying today?