Month: April 2020

Your Choice

How’s your world?  

Man! There are no lack of opinions pertaining to what’s going on out there today.  ‘It’s just the flu.’ ‘It’s going to kill us all.’ ‘We need to stay inside & away from the world to make it stop.’  ‘I don’t care, I’m not going to get sick.’  ‘It’s a conspiracy theory. They’re about controlling the masses.’  ‘It started with a bat.’  ‘It was created.’ ‘It came from drinking beer?’

So, where do you get your news? And how often are you watching/reading focused on it? TV? Cable? Facebook? Newspaper? Internet feeds? Family, Friends, Relatives, Neighbors? And who do you believe? And what does it all mean?

Then there are the reactions.  ‘I’m scared to death.’   ‘I’m going to get sick and die.’  ‘I miss sports.’  ‘The economy is never going to come back.’  ‘What does this all mean?’  ‘I’m enjoying the time off with myself and my family.’   ‘I’ll never work again.’  ‘I was going well, then this crisis happened and I can’t get my mojo back.’  ‘when can we play/listen to music again?’

How are you doing, and what do you think? Are you reacting or responding? Are you rolling with the punches or are you being punched? Is what is happening ‘out there’ going to significantly affect what’s happening ‘in here’? In here means your heart and your mind.   My opinion, for what it’s worth, is we can’t control what’s happening out there. We can only control what’s happening with us. 

Then, there is also a thought/opinion/observation that there is major good coming after this. Think of it as a double rainbow after a storm. We have fresh clean air, the earth is repairing itself, families are spending quality time, cooking, eating, playing games, etc. People are experiencing gratitude for what they have, appreciating the the little things, rethinking what’s truly important. 

How would you like to be? Peaceful. Resourceful. Playful? You have the power. You are a light that cannot be dimmed by outside influences unless you let it. Make a choice. Then live your choice. Your choice! 

Just sayin’

Musings about Time

Observations about an interesting by-product of our
national stay-cation.

‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo.

‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘And so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.’

When we -ok, I, – don’t have a schedule to follow, time seems to warp. We/I fill up our days doing.. laundry, eating, chores, binging, eating, exercise, cleaning, eating, and the next thing you know, the day is gone. Man, that was quick. It felt really long at the time. And I shore was busy, but looking back on the day, I didn’t really get anything done. Now I’m spend this time looking for that time. Where did the time go? It went somewhere. Back to where it came from?

For something so precise as time, at least the way we measure it, it sure is flexible. Have you noticed that 2 people can be involved in exactly the same activity, and one thinks it took forever, while the other was surprised it went so fast. What does that suggest about time itself? It’s only our perception? So, time isn’t fixed? I’m not sure I have time for this at this time – So, before this gets too long –

The only time there truly is now!
LIVE THIS FULLY!

When we are truly involved, there’s a feeling of having lived completely.
LIVE HERE FULLY!

When we’re being completely in the moment, time stands still.
LIVE NOW FULLY!

Try it out. It’s all we got. And we have plenty of it. Until we don’t.

Gratitude

water – sunshine – sleeping inside – friends – air – music – life – hearing – being there – a cold one – chirping birds – an idea – health – coffee – food – a plan – family – technology – movies – trees – heart – a new song – clean clothes – my car – pets – sunsets – toilet paper – knowing – fountains – fall – playing music – connecting – running water – the moon – coaching – scotch tape – vision – flowers – the ocean – protein bars – naps – espn – books – a babbling stream – friendship – sailing – modern medicine – laughing – rain – cooking – meditating – good news – chocolate chip cookies – babies – showers – camping – puppies – me – spring – puzzles – windows – meadows – baseball – vistas – waking up – spirit – compassion – a fresh breeze – thinking – snow in the mountains – shoes – long drives – listening to music – sunrises – humor – speeching – the beach – football – seeing – clean sheets – a sit down meal – walking in the woods – telephony – summer – creativity – pleasant smells – now – community – dreams – tools – traveling – you – Aaaahhh

just sayin’ 

There’s so much good in the world, if you look for it.

What’s on your list? Please share. 

Be Kind

Everyone has a story
Everyone is a story

Everyone’s story is constantly being written. Look at the story of your life. What cover are you showing the world?

We’ve all heard that familiar adage –  ‘don’t judge a book by it’s cover’.   Let’s not assume that we know the story that is behind or underneath the cover of the people we deal with.   Especially the rest of the people in our world, the ones we see out and around.  We don’t really know all of them and we truly don’t know what they’ve been through, or more important, what is currently going on with their lives at this moment.

What to do about that? Be kind! Simple.
And It may just be enough.
Just sayin’