Sacred Moments

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
~Thích Nhất Hạnh

How does the end of the year feel for you? Like me, have you been alternating between review, creation, and planning? Or are you gripping the seat and holding your breath whilst life continues on the rollercoaster of experiences? If the latter feels like you, trust me, I get it.

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
~ Buddha

In this musing, I will share what practices we may use to get from the unsettling, out-of-control feeling back to our true nature and the joy of creating and actioning those creations with grace under our wings into our day.

If you are reading this, you have heard of the terms clean slate, beginner’s mind, rebirth, new day, or any of the many other ways we describe another chance. These terms, even though they do not mean the same thing per se, do have something in common: the ability to invite in the idea that we have no control over the seeming chaos in the world and even in our lives. Yet, we do have control over what we think about the chaos, what we feel, think, and believe about ourselves and our interactions with the world.

As many of you know, I have spent close to a couple of decades in a recovery program, and it is…