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| Watercolor by Kate Kroska |
"As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.“ ~ Buddha
"Begin making choices based on what makes you feel freer and happier, rather than how you think an ideal life should look. It’s the process of feeling our way toward happiness, not the realizing of some Platonic ideal, that creates our best lives." ~ Martha Beck, O Magazine, January 2009
Kate’s Turn:
When I cultivate a garden, I’m creating the conditions in which the plant can thrive. I see how a flower opens to the light, takes in the water, and draws its nutrients from the soil. When it bends to follow the light, it is feeling its way to flourish. When this hummingbird eats the transformed light, it, too, is feeling its way to thrive. When I cultivate a practice such as qigong or slow cooking or watercolor, I deliberately choose actions/thoughts/feelings that enhance my well-being. And it’s the pleasure, the joy that pulls me forward, much like this hummingbird – what an easy inner compass to follow!
So, for example, when I’m cultivating the virtue of generosity, I imagine feeling the joy I’ll have when I surprise someone with a gift. Or when I’m searching for a new home, I practice having thoughts that feel good about a new living space until it’s such a natural feeling within me that it’s easiest to go there. Focusing our attention is just one part of the equation of manifestation – choosing what makes our heart sing, following our joy leads the way! We can be like the bird that feels the light and, even when it’s still dark, sings its way into the new day.
When I cultivate a garden, I’m creating the conditions in which the plant can thrive. I see how a flower opens to the light, takes in the water, and draws its nutrients from the soil. When it bends to follow the light, it is feeling its way to flourish. When this hummingbird eats the transformed light, it, too, is feeling its way to thrive. When I cultivate a practice such as qigong or slow cooking or watercolor, I deliberately choose actions/thoughts/feelings that enhance my well-being. And it’s the pleasure, the joy that pulls me forward, much like this hummingbird – what an easy inner compass to follow!
So, for example, when I’m cultivating the virtue of generosity, I imagine feeling the joy I’ll have when I surprise someone with a gift. Or when I’m searching for a new home, I practice having thoughts that feel good about a new living space until it’s such a natural feeling within me that it’s easiest to go there. Focusing our attention is just one part of the equation of manifestation – choosing what makes our heart sing, following our joy leads the way! We can be like the bird that feels the light and, even when it’s still dark, sings its way into the new day.
"Man transforms himself into the things he loves. When the time arrives for his sun to set, he has become that which, during the course of his life, he has, consciously or unconsciously, chosen to be."
~ Alexis Carrel
Get
Fired Up:
What makes you feel good when you think about it? Practice this until it becomes natural within you.
“Feel” your next steps by choosing joy.
"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."~ Rita Mae Brown
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