Second Cup: Stay a while

Linger in good moments instead of rushing off

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is that when you are having a pleasant moment,
try to linger in it. If you are enjoying time

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with a loved one or an experience that is interesting
or fun, don't pull yourself away too fast unless you
truly have to, when you can stay awhile and savor it.
I'm sure many of us have had the experience of

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having a lovely lunch with a friend, but then feeling
like we should get back to our desks, even if
we don't have anything scheduled at one pm. Oh, we
are sitting outside enjoying the nighttime sounds side, we need
to get back inside to do the laundry. We're wandering
around an art museum, and we didn't tell people we'd

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be back at a specific time, but probably we should
rush back all the same. Right. So often, those of
us with full lives feel pulled to things our desks,
our chores, our screens, our family members, even if they

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are entirely safe and happy in someone else's care. But
here's an idea. If you are doing something truly enjoyable,
and you feel this pull even without a specific reason.
Resist it unless you actually have something you need to

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do right away. Encourage yourself to stay a while, give
yourself a few extra minutes linger. It is so easy
to hurry from one scheduled commitment or task to another,
and there are days when we definitely have to keep
up that fast pace. But when it is possible, maybe

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we can try savoring things and not rushing. There's a
famous scene in the Odyssey when Odysseus is determined not
to be seduced off his course by the entrancing songs
of the Sirens. He has the sailors on his boat
tie him to the mast so that he can enjoy

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hearing the sirens song without letting it draw him away.
Busy folks sometimes have that experience in reverse, whereas Odysseus
hears a sirens song that tempts him toward pleasure. When
we are enjoying a pleasant moment, we are often tempted
away by the sirens song of chores or other perceived duties.

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But we don't have to have that happen. When you
are savoring a special moment, lash yourself to the mast
so you're not drawn away too soon. Remind yourself to linger,
to stay awhile. Tell yourself this is wonderful and I

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choose to enjoy it. You can't linger forever, and there
are things you need to do and want to do.
But be sure you are moving towards something and not
just succumbing to the sense that you should always be
doing something else in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks

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for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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