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Yesterday I heard some bad news about my mother. She has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and does not have much longer to be with us. I will travel 500 miles north this weekend to go spend, what will be the last Mother's day that I will get to spend with her in this lifetime.
Mom is 91 years old. Until the fall of last year, she lived independently in a condo. Still drove a car and cared for herself. Quite remarkable for 90 years of age. My dad passed away in 2004 so…
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What a nice quiet hour again this morning. There is something about being out with nature, the critters, and the songs of the morning birds that seems to bring a naturally created peace to begin the day with.
My reflections during that hour was how life as a whole is so much more of a calm and peaceful way to live today. Oh My...how we can complicate, analyze, evaluate, and compare in panic the simplest of matters. Things that will mean very little or nothing within a day or so become all consuming, whirlwinds of thoughts and wreak havoc within otherwise more useful and calmer days. Almost always, the solution lies in knowing that less is actually more. As easy as asking, "How genuinely urgent is this right now....really?" when our minds start to play panic games can guide us to either take an action or place it on a priority list...and then let it go either way having done what today provides us to do.
So many of our moments are not nearly as urgent as we think they are.
Learning to calm myself and choose peace instead solves so very many moments into a smoother day's journey.
Speaking of the journey....let's walk today's together gang!
Big Hugs on Everyone! thomas
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