i love the book simple abundance. it was a gift from a dear friend and i have turned its pages many times often looking for a specific topic, other times hoping that its content would fill the void i felt in that moment. perhaps a quote read could be a reminder of someone who has gone before. a quote that reminds me that although i am one of a kind, my experiences here on this earth are not as unique as i like to believe. every heart as ached and loved. every bank account has held only cents in moments of struggle...the truth is...we are all more alike than we care to admit.
today's read was about "accepting real life" i often don't like doing this. well, wait, i don't mind when i'm feeling good and things feel smooth. but that is not always the case.
so, natalie goldberg's belief smacked me upside the head when she wrote " our task is to say a holy yes to the real things of our life as they exist"
the author continues by saying "cast a glance around and acknowledge what's going on. this is my tiny kitchen with the dirty floor, this is how much i weigh, this is my checking account balance, this is where i work right now. this is what is really happening in my life at the present moment. this is ok. this is real life"
well isn't that something?
mine might go like this "i casted a glance. and although it feels like being confined in a small place with a hundred smelly feet, i will acknowledge that this is my life. the more i resist it and find the flaws, the more i will smell the feet. just because this is real life, doesn't mean it's really my life forever. this is a moment. this too shall pass, so hang on to the good. but know that even the good sometimes goes. make peace with the perceived bad. and know that it likely will also at some point, disappear. fear not what you do not know or cannot see. trust that life does not always smell like dirty feet."
ha ha!
today's read was about "accepting real life" i often don't like doing this. well, wait, i don't mind when i'm feeling good and things feel smooth. but that is not always the case.
so, natalie goldberg's belief smacked me upside the head when she wrote " our task is to say a holy yes to the real things of our life as they exist"
the author continues by saying "cast a glance around and acknowledge what's going on. this is my tiny kitchen with the dirty floor, this is how much i weigh, this is my checking account balance, this is where i work right now. this is what is really happening in my life at the present moment. this is ok. this is real life"
well isn't that something?
mine might go like this "i casted a glance. and although it feels like being confined in a small place with a hundred smelly feet, i will acknowledge that this is my life. the more i resist it and find the flaws, the more i will smell the feet. just because this is real life, doesn't mean it's really my life forever. this is a moment. this too shall pass, so hang on to the good. but know that even the good sometimes goes. make peace with the perceived bad. and know that it likely will also at some point, disappear. fear not what you do not know or cannot see. trust that life does not always smell like dirty feet."
ha ha!
Comments
Post a Comment