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Today's
Meditation:
Sometimes I get caught up in thinking that "I
wish things were the way I wish they were." In
other words, I have an idea in my mind of just how things
should be in order for life to be perfect, and I think
that if the world were that way-- perfect for me-- then I
would be happy and I would enjoy all the world has to
offer. It's rather silly of me, but it's something I
do.
What I really want to get good at is having faith that the
way things are right now is the best possible way for them
to be if I'm to grow as a person and a spirit. For
if I can have that faith, then I will be much more adept
at seeing the wonderful things all around me as
wonderful things, instead of looking at them and
wishing they were somehow different. Because what
Annette says is true even when reworded: Life is
wonderful even if things aren't "perfect."
In my life I've dealt with death and sickness and
debt and betrayal and all sorts of other things, but life
never has ceased to be wonderful. What's been
lacking has been my ability to see and appreciate just how
wonderful life is. I've been too focused on the
negative things, or I've been wishing so hard for things
to be different, that I've just missed the beauty and the
wonder.
What a shame that has been.
So I remind myself now, whenever I start thinking that
life isn't so wonderful, to keep my perspective. I
remind myself that it's up to me to see and hear and feel
the wonder-- life's always doing its job of showing it to
me. Waiting for things to be perfect is a fool's
errand, and a great way to let life pass you by-- you'll
miss the beauty and wonder because you're waiting for the
beauty and wonder.
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