Getting our feet under us and stepping into each day as the day needs to be met is a simple matter of having the essential elements in place and following the routines of orienting ourselves in emptiness, stillness, silence to the point of peaceful abiding, here, now, and being clear about what’s what, what’s happening, what’s called for and what needs to be done about it, when, where and how–and allowing our life to flow spontaneously from there through all situations and circumstances as they arise. That is the daily game plan that flows into a life well lived. It is the way all the saints of all the nationalities of all the ages have done it and will continue to do it for as long as the days come and go.
It is not about having a plan to get what we want. It is a plan for living in response to the day’s deliveries in ways that honor the drift, rhythm and flow of each day and going where the day takes us, doing what the day needs of us, no matter what, day by day, and being fully content with whatever that means, which means having no agenda, no expectations, no requirements or demands for our own benefit, profit, gain, enjoyment beyond doing what we do best and enjoy doing most in serving the needs of the day, every day, allowing our direction and purpose to be subject to the drift, rhythm and flow of circumstances throughout our life.
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