2004-05-26

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As a farmer, you make the ground ready and you sow the seed. The sun provides the light and the heat. You allow the rain to water the garden or you irrigate as needed. Then patience comes in as you wait for the seed to break open and push through theearth. The seed reaches out to the sun and drinks in the rain. Then it is weeks, perhaps months of growth. You stand by and watch as the baby seedling reaches maturity. The buds set on, then the blossoms come and finally the baby fruit.The fruit dare not come out too early as the weather may still be too cold for the tender shoots, the baby buds. In nature, all happens in due course.

2004-05-29

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What did uncertainty look like? A jumbled mess. There were lots of possibilities with no clear direction. What did uncertainty feel like? It felt like it had something to do with the stomach, a queasiness, butterflies, maybe even shallow breathing. Uncertainty also gave me a headache with the inability to relax. I received the image of flowing water and being afraid to step into the water. I was afraid to get my feet wet. Where might uncertainty take me? Superficially it appeared that it went nowhere. My fear was that it would catch me up and take me where I did not want to go. But how did I know that I did not want to go there?

2004-05-27

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My capacity for reaching out in love increases with each small step I take in that direction.

2004-05-27

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Living in the moment does not require a lot of things, only those useful for the moment. Balance is a must for the letting go process. Confidence that my needs are being met in the moment. Each day does supply the energy, the love, the friendship, the exercise, the knowledge, the truth. In all of these there is a balance of coming together with others and being apart with myself. Each day structures itself to provide stimulation and rest, the yin and the yang, the gathering and the sendingout. With balance the pond is vibrant, healthy and thriving. I will survive and thrive. In each moment I have and I am wholeness, unity and eternity. I lack no thing.

2004-05-28

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As I refocus my attention, it is almost as though I see with new eyes. Set II chapter 9

2004-05-30

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Every good gift is mine and I do not need to understand why that is so.

Set II, chapter 6

2004-05-31

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The sharing for Memorial Day comes from Chapter 12 Nuances on Death and Dying.

In Letting Go:A Holistic and Meditative Approach to Living and Dying, Richard Boerstler states “Thus I say we invent death since it is impossible in the nature of things. We are just changing forms. Where is the child you once were? Did the child die? Only the form has changed. In old age have you died?” I was struck by the reality of the continuation of the child within and how in death we do continuein some fashion.

2004-06-01

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As a start to summer, I offer the following quote from Chapter 5 of my book.

"Our part is to have open hearts, open minds."

2004-06-04

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Embrace the now. And in that momentary experience know that letting go of all that is not is a prerequisite to being in the fullness of that moment. Chapter 2

2004-06-02

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Humor allows me to not take myself, and the others in my life, so seriously.