I awoke today and my chest was filled with feelings of anxiety. Not the best way to start the day. I was grumpy with everyone I came in contact with (namely my kids, husband and brother). I went to work and felt stressed there. It just wasn’t the best of days.
When I arrived home, I spent a few minutes hanging out and talking with Mom. We talked about general family happenings, schedules for the week and other small stuff. For all intensive purposes, it was a rather ordinary and unremarkable conversation. Yet, as I walked out of the room to greet my children as they arrived home from school, I felt light, energized, patient and at peace. I felt good. It was like somehow I had been given permission to let go of the negativity of the day and was allowed and invited to come closer to the Truth, to the Spirit and the Infinite Light. I was given the opportunity to see clearly what matters in life and it is the “small” things that we take for granted every. Single. Day. In that moment, I enjoyed a short conversation with my mom and I enjoyed greeting and paying attention to my kids.
Mom might attribute the feeling to the presence of the Heavenly Spirit and I (being the “wacky” Buddhist of the family) realized that for me, it was a reminder that as I draw closer to understanding the ultimate Truth, or Enlightenment, that material things in life don’t matter and that true joy is found in everyday, mundane, and simple tasks if we just open our eyes and look. We are blessed.
~Candice
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