Today is Monday and so far it is going smoothly and for this I feel grateful. The mystery of wholeness is my choice to make, for in it I feel good (God). I have no ready answers to any of life’s questions. I can’t even decide what is causing this world to go so wrong. Ultimately it is all out of our control. What we do control is our very own awareness of freedom.
Freedom begins within; it is never an outer thing. I am free to choose to accept my own small reality even when it is awry. Only I can accept the day and what it will bring. If I find myself getting upset, only I can fix it.
Gratitude is possible on the best and the worst days of my life. The in-between days are where I am apt to go wrong.
So I start this Monday with acceptance that life is a mystery and that I am as well. Who am I if not the wonderer? Can I stop the process of wonder? Only if I choose to stay hypnotized by this world. To be hypnotized is to stay asleep and that is the origin of all our troubles.
Vicki Woodyard
Our control is so limited — our awareness and where to place it. Still that limitation should help us — we need to stay awake and aware; and of course, try to remember to stay awake and aware. We do get caught up with both the significant and insignificant. And everything of the world is insignificant in the broad scheme of life. Your other important reflection is that we should accept life as a mystery. It certainly is; and we do not have the ability to reveal the mystery to ourselves. Thank you, Vicki. Namaste.
I will say one thing about this work of waking up; we are in a constant state of confusion and our only chance is to awaken for brief moments.