BE-ing Stillness

Awhile ago I was asked this question:
What's been the most useful life lesson you've picked up over the years?

I have just re-read my reply, and it reached right into my soul. A spirit-gift to myself.

1) The nature of impermanence. Things will always pass. Good or bad, they'll always pass. Appreciate each moment for the good it brings. (And the good it brings may not always be apparent until much later - just wait.)

2) Live consciously. Don't make a mess in the first place, and you won't have to clean it up later. (Literally and figuratively.)

3) We teach others how to treat us. Don't see yourself as a victim in life; see yourself as a volunteer. In other words, if you're eating a &$#% sandwich, chances are you ordered it.

4) Rule 62. (Don't take yourself so seriously.)

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Why do we really start living only when we become aware of how much closer we are to dying?

What if we were to embrace life now? What would that look like? Feel like? Taste, sound, smell like?

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Beautiful video found on a friend's site inspires me to share it here.

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Beautiful, clear autumn morning. Sun rising with an amazingly inspiring flourish of orange-gold and purple over the forest of changing leaves. These morning moments have become so rare. I envelop myself in them, cradled in the comfort of familiar silent solitude.

In the quietness, a fleeting thought - it is not events that have happened that make us the 'walking wounded'; it is our lack of forgiveness of them that keeps us in pain.

Forgiveness does not come from a place of superiority or judgement: "I have seen your actions and judged them. They are not up to my high standards, but I'll let it slide this time."

True forgiveness involves acceptance, understanding and compassion. Connection with another being. Humility and gentle thinking.

Forgiveness... a path of freedom.

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