This Moment

One day this week I started my day thinking of the "million" things  I needed to do.  I went to work continuing to think about the "million" things I could be doing if I was at home.  As the day went on, I began to notice that being at work was a sort of respite from the "million" things I needed to do at home.  By the end of the day I was reveling in the butterflies I saw, the cooler temperatures after such a long, hot summer, and generally exulting in the fact that it was a beautiful summer day.

Each day challenges us to meet it head on--face to face, moment by moment.  We're invited to fully inhabit these days.  There are superb gifts in each moment, if we take the time to be present.

"Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite.  It actually takes guts.  Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior's world.  We can do this even at the most difficult moments.  Everything we see, hear, taste, and smell has the power to strengthen and uplift us."                                                                                            --Pema Chodron