Next time you’re in a really bad place where it feels like everything is crashing down around you, go outside and acknowledge that the earth is still spinning in its orbit, and say, “Somebody is taking care of that.” In other words, you don’t usually put that on your side of the place mat. “Make sure the earth spins in its orbit today, manage the microbiology of the planet, make sure that the water content remains stable, don’t let any water evaporate from our atmosphere so that we become a desert, maintain the oxygen content of our air, make sure that the seeds continue to come from the parent plants, so that we always have food.” We don’t see you putting any of that on your Things To Do Today List. Somehow you accept that there is something that is going well.
Whenever you find yourself sort of bamboozled by the condition of your moment, step back and look at what’s on the other side of the place mat and how well things really are going. “Let’s see, the earth is spinning, yes, that’s going well. The sun comes up every morning and gives our plants what they need to grow. That’s going very well. Yes, still plenty of air for all of us, that’s going well. The fish are still growing in the sea, that’s going very, very well. The contrast still abounds, which gives us opportunity to choose. That’s going very well, and people are still coming forth in great numbers and the planet seems to be surviving and actually thriving. That’s going very well.”
In other words, as you acknowledge how many amazing, extraordinary things of momentous importance are going very well, you come to acknowledge, “We’re nit-picking. Maybe we’re finding too many things, in our feeling of vulnerability, to push against, and maybe I’ll not do that anymore. Maybe everybody else will keep using things as an excuse, but maybe I’ll enjoy the Stream of Well-being,” you see.
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