Waiting tests our grit and faith, and anything else we have on the line. We activate every nerve in us to move, to do something, to do anything, even stupid things . . . and then we wait. We know if we wait a little longer with patience and endurance, we'll know what to do. During this period, we can stir up the gifts that are in us, encourage ourselves to be strong and calm, to find a calm center in the midst of all the whirling debris around us. When I wait I'm often connected to the right things.
Whatever common sense is, the heart has it, not the head. It's having the right priorities, knowing what's important, and giving as much as, or more than, we have received.
All motion is easier than calm waiting.
Do something! Fix it!
Meditation is not an attempt to forget yourself or to cover up your troubles. It is learning to look at yourself exactly as you are. The fact is that we're more selfish than we know. Our egos have a way of turning the loftiest activities into trash if they're allowed free range. Meditation allows us to become aware of ourselves exactly as we are, by waking up to the numerous subtle ways that we manifest our own selfishness.
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