Saturday, May 24, 2014

No Idea

I have no idea.  What's happening in my life.  What's on the way.  This is the warrior's way.  I am on the warrior's path.  It is an unsettling feeling.  And yet it feels alive.  Like I'm on the growing edge of change.  I choose to stay in the present moment as much as possible.  To know that the work I am doing now is the work I am supposed to be doing.  I have a part of me that wants to dart around, searching for some clarity, some idea, some solid direction or certain goal.  But that's not the way of the Universe, nor the way of human wisdom seekers on human life paths.  I am developing compassion along the way--for myself; for others.  This must be the purpose.
"A warrior accepts that we can never know  what will happen to us next.  We can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for security and predictability, always hoping to be comfortable and safe.  But the truth is that we can never avoid uncertainty.  This unknowing is part of the adventure." 
                                                                     --Pema Chodron