February 02, 2025

Some things we have to live with.
Actually, it is a LOT of things!
And our ability to do that flows
from our patience with things as they are.

Rick Rubin says, "Patience is developed
much like awareness. Through an acceptance
of what is."

"Here we are, now what?" is the attitude
that saw us from the caves to here, now.
"Now what?" When answered properly,
is all we need to know and do.

And what we do about being unable to do
anything about the way things are,
is the most important thing we will ever do.

We stand up and meet the day every day.
That is made easier or more difficult
by the attitude we take toward what awaits us
day by day.

We are living toward our death,
and we owe it to ourselves--
and to each other--
to live as well as we can in each situation
as it arises
in every day.

What is keeping that from happening?
What needs to be changed about our attitude
in order to live more fully open to and present with
what is happening in our life each moment
of every day?

Where are we trying to force our way onto the day?
Where are we being patient with how things are?

It is our ability to live well with how things are
that makes the difference.

Good luck with that!