non-doing

It's been one of those days. Someone peed in the community corn flakes this morning.

I stop what I'm doing and go for a walk in the sunshine. Nothing like breathing in a little ocean air to clear the mind, body and spirit. Like pressing the "reset" button.

Today I am challenged to act instead of react. It is a time of self-reflection as I observe like an outsider an upsurge of emotions within me. Triggered by a strangely familiar event in my life, the upsurge is strong and my emotions take me back to a place of absolute fear. I have reacted in the past with panic and compulsive DO-ing.

Today I am different.

I am the observer, watching my Self, appreciating the choice of whether to act upon these feelings or not. I choose to acknowledge the feelings, honour their existence as a potential internal 'warning system', and allow myself to be free of compulsive action because of them.

There is no need for frantic movement - physically, mentally, spiritually or otherwise in this situation. I stop, look around, and decide to not DO anything. Just BE. Simply. Quietly. Find wisdom in the stillness.

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