Do we ever take a moment?

Do we ever take a moment to breathe, to think, to take a second to take in the air? 

I can honestly say, that for the longest time, that was the farthest thing in my mind. "What, take a moment?! I have things to do, dinner to cook, lunch to pack, homework to check, schedules to plan. How can I have a moment?" Over the last couple of years I have tried to take a moment. Little by little, adjusting how I was managing my life and the lives of my children. 

Even to this day, taking a moment seems like those moments are wasted. Having the feeling like there's not enough time in the day to do everything. I wake up at 5 am, get myself ready, get the kids stuff ready and packed. I wake up the kids at 6:30am, teeth brushed, dressed, fed, hair done and out of the house by 7:30am. 

For the past year I have been making an effort to take a moment to just breathe and meditate. I know it sounds cheesy to some but it was hard to do at first. I could not, for the life of me, stop my mind from going a mile a minute. Now that I am able to shut everything down to clear my head and take in the moment, I am feeling better and less stressed. 

I would say try it out, even if its for a minute or five, take a moment to breathe...