AOM Meditations: 010313

The Trumpeters of Spring

I await their fanfare

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Learning not to grapple with every little thing that comes along is quite a struggle for many of us.  The eggs are too runny; the coffee is not hot enough; the clothes don’t fit exactly perfectly.  Some of us have so fashioned our lives around perfecting the details of the small stuff that we never catch a glimpse of the bigger picture.  We so distract our lives with details and convincing ourselves that everything matters that we live out of harmony and out of balance.

 ~Anne Wilson Schaef

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We need to find the "middle way" in our own lives.  It is the art of finding balance.  Reflecting upon our lives, we soon discover what serves us well--nurturing calmness, ease, and simplicity.  We also discover what it is that leads to entanglement, confusion, distress, and anxiety.  Wisdom is being able to discern the difference, then knowing what we need to nurture and what we need to learn to let go.

~Christina Feldman