My goodness,
My goodness,
My goodness,
My goodness,
My goodness,
My goodness,
My goodness.
Let's hang out here for just a very short while and see if we can come home to the present moment and reconnect with a place.
Let's just find our way back to right now by inviting some breaths and relaxing to whatever degree we can relax.
To whatever degree a playful heart might seem absent.
Can we just take a moment and find some humor in the mind's determination to be so serious?
Maybe?
I mean,
Really.
Here we are in this moment.
It's just you and I here now.
Yet the mind can be lost in 10,
000 serious things that have absolutely nothing to do with right now.
It's like the mind is just determined to be serious.
And so in the spirit of that,
We're just going to come back to reality and give the mind a break.
And in coming back to reality,
Maybe we can recognize that actually right now there's nothing to be serious about.
And sure,
The mind might have its argument with that.
And if it's so determined to be serious,
We can invite the transformation of a serious affair into a great adventure to play with what we imagine to be a serious thing.
Because oh my goodness,
How many serious things have we imagined in all the years past to find ourselves here right now?
I mean,
The reality of what we are.
And even in that,
The mind might have its list of things it thinks is missing.
Its serious list.
And those things are just thoughts about things that aren't really here right now.
Can we see the difference between the mind's noise and the reality of this moment?
I understand that's difficult sometimes,
But can we get close to seeing that right now?
Can we get like,
Oh my God,
There's so much noise,
So much serious noise,
So many serious thoughts,
But that's not here right now.
What is here?
It feels like in the release of every gram or ounce of seriousness,
Playfulness has a chance to emerge.
With every deep breath of relaxation,
We start to remember that life is an opportunity,
An opportunity to explore,
To discover.
Which is all to say,
This is the great gift in life,
To be here,
Not really understanding anything that's going on,
But yet it's beautiful,
Beauty can be seen.
I guess the question is,
Am I looking to see the beauty or am I looking for things to validate my seriousness?
I have a feeling you're going to find whatever you look for.
Life seems to be a bit magical that way.
