Pinch yourself. You are awake. You are here. You are in this moment.

Having grown up in an alcoholic/dysfunctional family, I often wanted to be anywhere but in the moment. I wanted to zip into the future to see a better day. I wanted to be out of the pain and suffering that I was living through, but by doing that, I often missed the beauty of the moments that are special and happen each and every day right before our eyes.