If there's one thing that this worldwide shit show has proven to me, it's just how fast Life as we know it can change. I'm fifty-two, clearly, I know how fast life can change, but n-o-t-h-i-n-g on this scale has happened in my lifetime. How many of us rode (or are still riding) the roller coaster of emotions in the days and weeks after COVID19 became a part of our daily vocabulary?! For me, it has become a chance to embrace, and practice living in the present moment. The one thing that I can control during these unprecedented times, are my feelings surrounding all of it...so I stopped the roller coaster and got off.
I wake each morning and give thanks to God for Life, for the chance to spend another day with my beautiful daughters and our crazy Belgian Malinois. Starting each day with an expression of genuine thanksgiving sets a positive tone, keeps the demons at bay and I often experience overwhelming gratitude for little things: lilies in bloom, birds singing, cool mornings in June, manicured lawns, a gaggle of geese by the lake, quiet time to read, rooms with a view, and sobriety.
The bad days still come, but are met with an attitude of indifference. I say...do your worst. I'm an old sage, capable of handling whatever the World wants to throw at me. God gives us this miraculous life, and we are capable of animating any reality of our choosing, you know. But, it's a discipline one must practice in order to master like anything else. In the wise words of German theologian, Meister Eckhart, "if the only prayer you say is Thank You, that will suffice." I think right now we need a simple prayer in this convoluted world. So, when you wake up in the morning that means you're not done here yet...thank God and get going!
I wake each morning and give thanks to God for Life, for the chance to spend another day with my beautiful daughters and our crazy Belgian Malinois. Starting each day with an expression of genuine thanksgiving sets a positive tone, keeps the demons at bay and I often experience overwhelming gratitude for little things: lilies in bloom, birds singing, cool mornings in June, manicured lawns, a gaggle of geese by the lake, quiet time to read, rooms with a view, and sobriety.
The bad days still come, but are met with an attitude of indifference. I say...do your worst. I'm an old sage, capable of handling whatever the World wants to throw at me. God gives us this miraculous life, and we are capable of animating any reality of our choosing, you know. But, it's a discipline one must practice in order to master like anything else. In the wise words of German theologian, Meister Eckhart, "if the only prayer you say is Thank You, that will suffice." I think right now we need a simple prayer in this convoluted world. So, when you wake up in the morning that means you're not done here yet...thank God and get going!
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