This summer I’ve made a commitment: When I wake up, I welcome a brand-new day with a smile. I stretch and attend to my body and then I move outdoors to participate in the offering of Virtual Meditation.
I settle into stillness within myself, whatever the weather is or conditions are, because I know how short and impermanent this season is. I know how short and impermanent my life is. I know I want to be available for it all, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE.
My mind wanders, and I breathe in and breathe out and come back to counting “one.”
This is my best opportunity to be awake and available for life. It is simple to practice when there is no drama from ego’s conversations. It works. And when there are challenges, I have a stronger ability to redirect attention and be present in my body because I have vowed to be here for myself in this way.
I have learned to trust my heart’s commitments. I have seen the way things can change in a heartbeat and this strengthens my resolve to stay with my vow. I have seen that Practice is here for me when challenges arise. I have experienced “the joy of intelligence knowing itself” when I keep showing up.
There is nowhere else I want to be than RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
I bow to practices such as Virtual Meditation, Keeping Commitments Buddies and all the many supports that are so generously offered through Living Compassion.
Gasshō
Janice