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Today's
Meditation:
It's a
fascinating concept, that of letting life flow through us
rather than trying to control how life turns out; of
accepting things as they are rather than trying to make
them what we want them to be or think they should
be. It's a difficult concept for many of us, too--
we've learned over and over again that we're supposed
to make life what we want it to be rather than enjoying it
as it is, not realizing that all our attempts at control
end up being somewhat ineffective at best.
I
want to let life flow through me because I know enough to
know that I don't know enough to try to make life what I
think it should be. I've learned in my time on this
planet that there's much more to life than what I think
there is, because from my limited perspective I simply
can't see the world as it truly is-- I see only the small
picture, the limited view. And because of that fact,
when I try to control things there's a very good chance
that I'm working against my own best interests, and those
of others. It's like trying to call plays for a
football team while seeing only three or four of the
players throughout the whole game-- it just doesn't work.
And
David is talking about being content-- about allowing
ourselves to be satisfied with the way that life is and
not trying to turn life into something we think it should
be. I honestly would prefer to live my life as a
content person and not have to exert my own will on
life. If I'm content, my life is simpler, and I
won't tend to focus on those things that I think I'm
missing-- rather, I'll be focused on those things that I
have, and how grateful I am for them.
We
can be content with the little things, as Edgar says
below. We don't have to have the best of the best,
the most expensive of the most expensive. We simply
have to accept what we have as what life has given us for
now, and enjoy it as much as we can, and appreciate it for
what it is. The art of contentment originates in our hearts
and spirits, and if we let those two parts of ourselves
grow in strength, we're bound to lead happy and fulfilling
lives.
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