I love terrible TV. By terrible, I mean exceptionally cheesy and wrought with puns and cliches.
If you were alive in the 90’s, you may remember the show “Full House”. It’s especially cheesy and features Bob Sagget as the father, who is definitely one of the less desirable actors now after the whole pedophile business. Not that he was a great actor before – he’s actually pretty terrible. But for this cheesy show, I suppose he was exactly what they were looking for. Just watch the show’s intro song to see what I mean.
So, being that it oozes cheese tacky humor, it is clearly right up my alley. Lucky for me, Netflix added it to their collection a while ago, and so I watched the first few seasons that were up (twice) and was thrilled when they recently added more seasons.
One of the things I’ve noticed about Full House is that there are actually quite a few great lessons to be learned from the show. Lessons on parenting that I’m really appreciating now, thinking of how to handle all these future situations, and lessons on life in general.
Last night as I was unwinding on the couch instead of finishing the many projects I have on the go, this particular sentence popped out at me:
Don’t miss out in what’s going on now, just because you’re waiting for something to happen in the future.
Solid words, Full House, solid words. I need to keep this in the front of my mind and remember to be present more often rather than spending too much time thinking about or preparing for the next step.
Now is where we are, and where our headspace should be. Right in the moment, with our loved ones or ourselves or our warm cup of tea – wherever we find ourselves. Even in the not-so-fun moments. Like when my toddler kickstomps me in the face first thing in the morning. Yes, it hurts. But I’m awake! I’m alive! And the little body on the other end of that kick is happy I am, too, and eager to spend the morning together.
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam