Living in the now

Today when I was dropping off my daughter at school, I was behind a car who had a bumper sticker that read: "I'D RATHER BE HERE NOW" I have been behind this car before and I've even read this bumper sticker before but today I read it and I thought about it. I have had several conversations with family and friends about living in the moment. I have even made it a resolution for more than one new year. So how is it that I constantly loose focus of this seemingly simple mantra? I think part of my trouble is that we are a military family. Our whole entire lives are constantly changing and restarting. The minute we get to our new duty station my brain automatically starts the countdown until we leave. It's how I cope with the constant moving. Being a military family comes with it's many challenges but I think one of it's benefits is the constant change. I actually have anxiety about the day we separate from the military, just knowing that I will be living someone where for the rest of my life makes me feel trapped. There are many days in the first few weeks of arriving to a new duty station where I would rather not be where I am. The unpacking, finding a house, school, doctor, dentist and friends all over again can be quite a pain. Then add the sad faces of my kids looking at me because they miss their buddies at our last station and their old school it really causes my mood to turn sour. This is when I think I would rather be anywhere but here. Then we settle in and all is well again and I just try to enjoy the moment. Then their is my personal life and development. I am constantly thinking I really want to move forward to the next level, I don't want to be HERE any longer. My nose is forever in a book or jotting in my journal all my wonderful ideas. I just want to get to a place in my personal life where I love being where I am. However, I realize no matter how many more moves we have or where I am in personally it's all apart of my life's story. If I want to be able to look back and be excited about telling my story I need to APPRECIATE BEING HERE NOW.