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Thu, May 31, 2007 08:54:29 AM
∞ looking at life and all its details, all at once, may be overwhelming. ∞
posted: Thu, May 31, 2007 08:54:29 AM
i take care of each moment as it comes, and then take care of the next moment as it comes.
so the one moment at a time reading comes around again, or perhaps it is just that this reading is so appropriate to what is going on in my life that it just strikes a strong chord of dissonance in me. or whatever.
all of that is really irrelevant today, i know that i could not settle for morning meditation, nor could i relax and let go of what i needed to accomplish today. i was and still focused on getting a shit load of stuff solved today, that i need this moment to stop and ponder about what i can do right here and right now and let the rest of this day go.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, much better now!
perhaps!?
oh well, i am who i am to quote the popeye man.
so yes living in the moment is important, as is having goals, making plans, and doing what i need to do to make sure i am honoring all my commitments. so i come back to balance, which seems to be a recurring theme lately. i really and truly want to be able to live in just this moment. concentrating on a single task and a single solution for whatever i need to face right here and right now. i can continue to self-flagellate or i can move on accepting that right now, letting go is just not possible right now, and i believe that is what i will do, accept that i am obsessed with what i NEED to do today and move on.
so it goes, it really can be that simple. no details, no complications just a bit of surrender and acceptance, and that i can do right now.
so the one moment at a time reading comes around again, or perhaps it is just that this reading is so appropriate to what is going on in my life that it just strikes a strong chord of dissonance in me. or whatever.
all of that is really irrelevant today, i know that i could not settle for morning meditation, nor could i relax and let go of what i needed to accomplish today. i was and still focused on getting a shit load of stuff solved today, that i need this moment to stop and ponder about what i can do right here and right now and let the rest of this day go.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, much better now!
perhaps!?
oh well, i am who i am to quote the popeye man.
so yes living in the moment is important, as is having goals, making plans, and doing what i need to do to make sure i am honoring all my commitments. so i come back to balance, which seems to be a recurring theme lately. i really and truly want to be able to live in just this moment. concentrating on a single task and a single solution for whatever i need to face right here and right now. i can continue to self-flagellate or i can move on accepting that right now, letting go is just not possible right now, and i believe that is what i will do, accept that i am obsessed with what i NEED to do today and move on.
so it goes, it really can be that simple. no details, no complications just a bit of surrender and acceptance, and that i can do right now.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
Another Look!
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
4) Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from
Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its
being what it is.