“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
~ Mother Teresa
I love this morning’s photo. It’s a first: Do you see the radiating energy coming out from the sun across the water? Even my cat Namaste seemed to be enveloped in the warmth, as he unexpectedly jumped up into my lap, and began purring. Another first ….
Astrologers said to expect the unexpected this month. I had to laugh, as almost on queue, our electric company had one of it’s meltdowns over the weekend. Facebook was rampant with pissed off people, as WAPA’s power outage came right as the final four championship was underway on Saturday night. For others, the outage was seriously messing with Easter preparations. Instead of stressing, we rolled with the flow, or lack thereof. We played a dice game by lamplight, sharing cocktails and laughter, and then went to sit out under a most brilliant full moon. The unannounced outages have continued the past two days, taking out my desktop computer each morning, which is why I haven’t posted.
Thank you lord for a wonderful Easter holiday hiatus!
As I sat here this morning, by the light of the radiating morning sun, I was thinking about the concept of time. Some days seem to just drag on. Some we’d like to never end. And some pass by without much adieu. Journaling has helped me so much with those kind of days. I look to each coming day with gratitude. For what it may or may not hold. For all of the unexpected twists and turns. For little things which will inspire me.
I thought I’d share part of a post I made back in December of 2013. Pema Chodron writes in her book “Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change”:
“At some point, if you’re fortunate, you’ll hit a wall of truth and wonder what you’ve been doing with your life. At that point you’ll feel highly motivated to find out what frees you and helps you to be kinder and more loving, less klesha driven and confused. (In Buddhism, the five kleshas being attachment, aversion, ignorance, pride, and jealousy.)
At that point you’ll actually want to be present—present as you go through a door, present as you take a step, present as you wash your hands or wash a dish, present to being triggered, present to simmering, present to the ebb and flow of your emotions and thoughts.
Day in and day out, you’ll find that you notice sooner when you’re hooked, and it will be easier to refrain.
If you continue to do this, a kind of shedding happens—a shedding of old habits, a shedding of being run around by pleasure and pain, a shedding of being held hostage by worldly concerns.”
The more present we are, the more vibrant and beautiful every moment in life becomes.
In the bank account of life, if we are fortunate, we are credited each morning with $86,400. This bank account carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. Each of us has such a bank. It’s name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. How will you use yours today ??
For me, today will likely be one of those days which goes by without much adieu. I have alot of correspondence I need to catch up on (assuming WAPA co-operates!). But I will give it my best to stay present to all of the arising emotions, feelings and thoughts, that dwell behind the task at hand. And being ever so grateful for the previous 259,200 seconds, filled with unexpectedly wonderful moments.
Let us begin. Living for today. Giving it the best we have to give ….
