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One Wild and Precious Life

"Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle they need to overcome.  Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live." Eckhart Tolle

 

Wouldn't this also be called…wishing your life away?

I found this quite remarkable, for we don't often count this moment as part of our life.  We tend to only count the moments we like or the ones we feel match what our mind believes is perfect. The rest we try and overlook or force ourselves to live through.

It is quite remarkable to note how many of your moments are you with.

And also to take notice of how you feel in these moments of time. For, it will show how you Feel about your life.

If, the majority of your time is trying to overlook, there is a good chance that you are not happy in your life and instead of making changes, you are wishing your life away.

Wishing for it to pass.

It is in an odd way, wishing to die.

For you are not fully embracing the joy of living.

It makes me wonder about how life gets to the place where you wish it would go away?

How did things get so out of control, that your very life is an obstacle you need to overcome, instead of wanting to be with it.

To be with your life…to be with you.

I wonder if it is more that you are trying to overcome the truths by getting to the next moment.  And, while you are hurrying there, you are missing your life…missing your truth and you.

Here is what I have learned through embracing the truth of my past, is that my present moments are so much fuller.  I can see, feel and be with them all.

I am more alive.

For, I am not hiding from the present…for the past shows up in the present until you acknowledge it.  The truth is relentless, it shadows you until you make peace with it.

My work week just grew to six days a week, every week…so my weekends now will be one day long.

However, the good news of this, is that I have to use more of my week days to have fun.  I can't save it for the weekends.

It is like the weekends disappeared, so there is only this day.  I will have to live like all days are weekend days.

When I first heard of this I was crestfallen for sure, to lose half of the weekend.  It felt like part of my life was taken away.  I had to find a way to see this differently and to adjust.

So, instead of saving my life for the weekends, I will live today. Live this moment to the fullest.  I will have to have 6 Saturdays and 1 Sunday.

No more overcoming today….but coming to this day.

 

 "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ... Mary Oliver

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  1. Ann Sandberg Avatar
    Ann Sandberg

    Well thought out, Beth. The old cliches about finding the positive can sometimes be annoying to hear or read if a person is in a current down trough. Asking WHY the down trough is there can be so helpful. Then, HOW to approach this situation on an even keel or perhaps even on the escalator to happiness! Thanks for this blog.
    Looking at any situation through a picture frame—really looking at it can change everything.
    Someone shared a quote with me recently, “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” In other words, do not get sucked into problem situations which really are not your problem situations. Stand back—let others fix their own messes. The hilarious thing is that I remembered the quote as, “Not my circus, not my clowns.” Hum—what would Freud think of that? My sister thought my faulty memory was hilarious.
    This winter, I made a conscious decision to do things: classes, attend programs, demonstrations and talks, go on artist dates with myself. While others were so upset about the cold weather and snow, I had so many other things to look forward to. It was a great winter and I plan to embrace the other seasons with the same game plan.
    I know you will find ways to have six Saturdays because you have decided to do that.
    Ann

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  2. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    Ann, it isn’t how much “free” time you have but what you do with the day itself. I like how you are doing your life by joining things you enjoy. Of course that makes for a funner winter to have fun while winter was here. That is the way to be.
    I can’t panic about losing a day, I have to use the days I have.
    It will be a challenge to curve my thinking in this direction. But, the alternative is to be grumpy 7 days.
    Our life happens in this moment of time. Breathe, feel and be with who you are with and where.

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