Pausing to BE … ( 03 / 29 / 2012 )
Pausing to BE … ( 03 / 29 / 2012 )
“ We may not all live holy lives , but we do all live in a world alive with holy moments .” ~ Kent Nerburn
It seems like there is just too much to do these days . I find myself juggling so many tasks — tasks that are all designed to help others in some way , and yet tasks that I feel are all important things to do ; all important things to “ get done ”. And if I ’ m not truly Care-full , all this busyness can start to stress me out .
Well , I stopped long enough this morning to realize that each of you probably know exactly what I am talking about … I stopped long enough to realize that maybe this “ too much to do ” syndrome is an innate part of our human programming . Maybe we are designed to “ do — Do — DO ” because our primitive brains believe that doing anything “ productive ” is what keeps us alive — or is what protects us from imminent danger — or is what prepares us to survive if it ever “ hits the fan ” — or is simply what a “ responsible person ” does .
Well , this morning I woke up to another Truth — one that I think also applies to every one of you just as well as it applies to me . Ad that Truth is this one : IT IS OK TO PAUSE & look around !
An unknown Wise One once said that “ Juggling is dropping things with style ”, and this wisdom helps me to bring it all into perspective . For everything is NOT going to get done to our satisfaction . Once we realize that we are so often “ juggling bubbles ”, we come to realize that some things are simply going to have to be “ dropped ”.
And once we do drop them , it is OK for us to do the dropping of them Purpose-fully … It is OK to gently pop the bubbles of hope and fear and worry that we are so earnestly juggling … It is OK to let the “ to do ” list sit for awhile and just BE instead — to just BE while consciously soaking up the amazing Beauty that surrounds us in every moment of our lives .
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