Thought for Today
Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
Let go of it all, and you truly have it all. Let go of the need, and you experience the fulfillment.
Be at peace with silence, and you'll hear clearly the song of your own purpose.
Allow yourself to be confused, and you'll find yourself with new understanding.
Let the moment that is, unfold as it will. With no need to control, you'll have a positive, authentic and empowering influence.
-- The Daily Motivator, Ralph Marston
1 comment:
What a powerful meditation! The spiritual life is so paradoxical! To enjoy whatever comes my way, I practice doing nothing. Isn't this what "surrender" is? Pema Chodron writes, "Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones, relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance, that everything is changing all the time--that is the basic message."
Being at peace with silence is to be at peace with noise! If silence is not the absence of noise, but that from which all noise originates and in which all noise rests, then there is no such thing as a distraction. By extrapolation, there can be that peace that passes all understanding--including all turmoil, pain, distress, and negativity. If I am waiting for the decks to clear before I can gain serenity or happiness, I'll have a long wait.
I ain't waiting!
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