It's been a while since I've posted any thoughts--not that I haven't had any, but I have been pretty busy. But who isn't busy these days, you may ask. Our lives certainly haven't become any less complicated with technology, and the current economic situation seems to make most of us scramble just to stay afloat. Grumble, grumble. Yes, I do that, I hear myself do it. Tsk, tsk.
Every situation life sends us, whether pleasant or not (in our opinion, of course), is an opportunity to grow, to do better, to be a better person. Those moments when we feel overwhelmed it is good to just sit back for a moment--we can all do that, really. Taking that moment allows us to remember our path, to get back on it if we stumble astray, and then to be grateful that we DO have all of these things to do. That is life, after all. I guess I envision monks out there somewhere spending their day meditating, but I also have a feeling that they grumble inside their heads about the food (gosh, more pureed turnips, or such), or the weather (my bones ache because of the dampness), or the sitting (I am still not quieting my mind after all these years). But their regimen is no less a cause for suffering than is ours. We all suffer. But that suffering, if we let it, can open us up to the "stuff" of life. Without that "stuff" we would have little in our lives to, well, grumble about. That grumbling, again if we let it, can help us see that all of those things we grumble about are our stepping stones to improvement. How can we possibly grow if everything is always just fine? Being in the human realm gives us the opportunity that no other realm has--the chance to suffer, reflect, and change for the better if we so choose.
So here I am back at you, and I will try to post these ramblings more regularly. Let me know how you are doing.
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