Life appears...

Hello friends,

Some days, life approaches and demands a scratch behind the ears. That happens to me all the time. How about you? I’ll be walking along, and something shows up. A snatch of music. A piece of art. A cat.

Other days? What approaches is a lot more difficult to bear. So, how do we breathe with hardship? How do we release attachment to our plans?

How do we face life as it is?

Well, I wrote an essay about my recent struggles with that. Here’s a snippet:

I used to tell my students and clients: Practice your magic from where you are, not from where you think you ought to be. How can we find a place in the present moment—right now—where this moment is all right? And how can we—and I—move and live from there? 

So, even as the world seems to churn and crumble around us, even as storms rage and seas rise, as guns and bombs and diseases deal out death, what is all right?  What does that even mean?

For me, right now, it means that this moment just is. I can’t fight it. I need to be present with it. In relationship. Yes, I practice toward healing. Yes, I work toward greater justice. Yes, there is a future, and a past.

But there is also right now, and I want to be here for it.

You can read the rest here: Be Here. Now.

As always, I wish you well. And I welcome your thoughts on how you are facing life these days.

What helps keep you present?

blessings - Thorn