Yesterday, out of the blue, I thought I would get dinner ready nothing elaborate steamed veggies and chilly-fry.
It was a simple gesture...
but it reminded me how any moment has the potential to surprise us into a bigger vision of life.
How our minds cannot foreseen the future and yet we have this one eye on the future... not body wants to foreseen unfortunate events whether like it or not stuff does happen and its such a Human thing for us to keep redefining ourselves and our relationships with the people around us.
We are often surprised by pain and adversity as much as by pleasure. We can never be prepared for everything. We cannot anticipate the startling or the stunning that the very next hour might bring, much less control it.
In fact, trying to stay safe, to maintain the status quo, goes against the very nature of life itself.
It's just another way to wall ourselves in. Instead, we can only reflect on how we might respond if the unforeseen rolls in on us swifter and with more force than a wave crashing onto the shore.
When dealing with the gift of surprise (Good or Bad or unwelcomed), the key is to maintain the belief that no matter what, all is well. Good or bad, all is well. The beach doesn't resist the ocean, and neither should we resist what we cannot control.
Life is dynamic and love is surprising. So Keep Meditating. Be. Awesome.
Thank goodness for that, because growth lurks in the unexpected.
It was a simple gesture...
but it reminded me how any moment has the potential to surprise us into a bigger vision of life.
How our minds cannot foreseen the future and yet we have this one eye on the future... not body wants to foreseen unfortunate events whether like it or not stuff does happen and its such a Human thing for us to keep redefining ourselves and our relationships with the people around us.
We are often surprised by pain and adversity as much as by pleasure. We can never be prepared for everything. We cannot anticipate the startling or the stunning that the very next hour might bring, much less control it.
In fact, trying to stay safe, to maintain the status quo, goes against the very nature of life itself.
It's just another way to wall ourselves in. Instead, we can only reflect on how we might respond if the unforeseen rolls in on us swifter and with more force than a wave crashing onto the shore.
When dealing with the gift of surprise (Good or Bad or unwelcomed), the key is to maintain the belief that no matter what, all is well. Good or bad, all is well. The beach doesn't resist the ocean, and neither should we resist what we cannot control.
Life is dynamic and love is surprising. So Keep Meditating. Be. Awesome.
Thank goodness for that, because growth lurks in the unexpected.
