Have you ever given yourself “peace time,” filled with no demands?
Have you ever carefully eliminated all the things you should have done or had to do and replaced them only with what you wanted to do? It’s amazing how much can be accomplished by trying not to accomplish anything. It can feel a little like a grazing horse in a pasture as you smoothly flow from one experience to another, gently chomping off small shoots of fresh living.
Once all of the pressure of striving to finish something is removed, it is much easier to take things one-step at a time. Instead of procrastinating and consequently getting little accomplished, you can simply flow smoothly from one adventure to another. And looking at the day this way can allow you to live in the present, moment by moment. Somehow awareness of good things is amplified when you do this, and you may discover that you have been tripping over happiness in your rush to find the perfect life. (Or maybe it has just been an attempt to avoid the pain of life.)
I wonder if tripping over happiness is something we all do on a daily basis. We become so caught up in the details of each day that it blinds us to a life perspective that can clearly show us the beauty of each day. We jump headlong into our personal calendars, appointment books, schedules, and family expectations, and sometimes miss the reason for doing all of this seemingly overwhelming stuff. We just do by rote.
And in just doing at breakneck speed, there is no time to even respond to the fleeting interactions and experiences of the day. Instead we quickly react in ways that may or may not have been successful in the past. Often this leaves us wondering why our frustrating lives seem to be lived by rote… only to discover that once again we have simply lost perspective on what is important.
Have you ever carefully eliminated all the things you should have done or had to do and replaced them only with what you wanted to do? It’s amazing how much can be accomplished by trying not to accomplish anything. It can feel a little like a grazing horse in a pasture as you smoothly flow from one experience to another, gently chomping off small shoots of fresh living.
Once all of the pressure of striving to finish something is removed, it is much easier to take things one-step at a time. Instead of procrastinating and consequently getting little accomplished, you can simply flow smoothly from one adventure to another. And looking at the day this way can allow you to live in the present, moment by moment. Somehow awareness of good things is amplified when you do this, and you may discover that you have been tripping over happiness in your rush to find the perfect life. (Or maybe it has just been an attempt to avoid the pain of life.)
I wonder if tripping over happiness is something we all do on a daily basis. We become so caught up in the details of each day that it blinds us to a life perspective that can clearly show us the beauty of each day. We jump headlong into our personal calendars, appointment books, schedules, and family expectations, and sometimes miss the reason for doing all of this seemingly overwhelming stuff. We just do by rote.
And in just doing at breakneck speed, there is no time to even respond to the fleeting interactions and experiences of the day. Instead we quickly react in ways that may or may not have been successful in the past. Often this leaves us wondering why our frustrating lives seem to be lived by rote… only to discover that once again we have simply lost perspective on what is important.