Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Do you need these words today, too?

I'm just posting this because it spoke so clearly to me as I wrote it as a comment to a sweet friend. Do you need these words today, too?

"It's all in perspective. You can either live life with a constant inner-chatter that says, "I should do this or that, I need to do all these things..." Not that you don't have things to accomplish, we just tend to constantly remind ourselves of the towering pile of laundry while we're doing the dishes or teaching our kids to read or sitting down with a cup of tea. At that moment you are not with your dishes or your kids or your soothing cuppa...you are in the middle of the laundry. Just be present, sweet friend...here, now...then, do the next thing. You will be fully teaching your little one to read when you are teaching your little one to read, then you will move on to the next thing with the thought, "Now, I will do the dishes." Do them fully...with your mind on the dishes...thankful and fulfilled in the moment of dishwashing. Be aware of God's Spirit in every moment, every act. Then, do the next thing. Do not worry about all that needs to be done, just do the next thing. It is your thoughts that overwhelm you, not the laundry itself. The laundry is just what you are doing as you live in this precious moment, aware of Spirit, in you, through you, all around you...holding this whole big beautiful mess together. It is all what you need, my friend...love what it is."

lovelovelove and peace...
~R~

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

I love this!!! But is sooo very hard sometimes to do this. Practice, practice, practice!!
Love Ya friend:)

Ruthie said...

It is hard, but as you practice and begin to change your thoughts, little by little, it becomes habit...just the way you live. not that you ever reach perfection...you just aquire the grace you need to be compassionate with your self and others. You begin to realize that what "Is" is just what you need!

I love you too! :)

Rick Hamrick said...

Beautifully put.

Yours is the far superior explanation to my own internal one when the laundry is in the back of my mind: Stop thinking. Just do.

On the other hand, mine is easier to remember in the moment! (grin)

Thanks, Ruthie!