|
Today's
Meditation:
Oh my goodness--how many wonderful moments and days and
experiences I've missed because I was looking for
something big to come along! This is most definitely
one of the things that most saddens me about my life: the
number of opportunities that I've squandered because I was
looking for something else. I don't spend my days
wallowing in regret, obviously, but sometimes I do wish
that I could reach back and change the ways that I've
reacted to things and people, and treated things and people.
Regret for the past does no good, but by reminding myself
of just how foolish I've been in the past, I can do my
best to make sure that I don't make the same mistakes
again; I can try my best to enjoy the little things, the
seemingly insignificant moments that don't look to be big
deals.
I remember taking a few moments to talk to someone who
seemed to need someone to talk to. It didn't seem
like that big of a deal at the time, and I really enjoyed
talking to him. A few years later, he mentioned to
me that that conversation had been a kind of turning
point, that he had really needed someone to listen to him
and that he had even been contemplating suicide. The
conversation that to me had been no big deal had
definitely been a big deal to the other person.
Most of the things that seem little but that end up being
big, we'll never know about. I never would have
known about the importance of that meeting if he hadn't
told me about it, and he told me only because we happened
to meet by chance one day. I try to look at every
moment as important, because from our limited perspective
on life, we really can't know what's truly big and what's
truly small--we can only give our best to each moment, and
hope that it's enough, and we can only do our best to
enjoy all that we do, enjoy the moments and the gifts and
the company we keep, for life is about the little things
that add up to make a life.
|
