Peaceful Intention

Modern Life: A series of events we struggle to get to, rush to finish, and despair of ever completing. Our frenzy feeds on competition as we race to see who can get the craziest without actually having to be checked into the hospital for nervous exhaustion!

  

We cannot remove all stressors from our lives, of course: Whatever would we do with all those loose kids? As we pass through each stage of life there are things we simply must deal with, and that is part of the School of Life here on Earth. The trick is to counteract the moments of crazy with moments of peacefulness, and then to enhance the whole enchilada with pops of joy, awe, excitement, and wonder.

Yoga, meditation, whole foods and holistic medicine can invigorate and heal your inner and outer bodies. Become aware of what makes your physical body feel and look great, and do more of that. Notice what allows your emotional and mental bodies to relax and rejuvenate. See what lets your spirit soar, and keep it up!

Peaceful intention: I move through this beautiful, bountiful life with equanimity and love, with joy and care, with the intent to increase these peaceful feelings and the knowledge that these emotions will spread to those around me.

Labor Day 2010

The summer has been hotter than usual and everyone is ready for some cooler weather, which we are getting this weekend in New Jersey.  It is bittersweet, this enjoyment of the last weekend of summer.  School is beginning and regular schedules are about to be re-imposed on many of us.  Soon, the bitter winds of winter will be here and we will certainly yearn for the summer heat, forgetting how miserable it has made us.

What to do?  Enjoy today.  It is a time to eat and play and gather.  No bleak talk about the work week to come, the icicles we anticipate, or the diets we plan before the winter holidays roll in.   Soak up the moment, savor the weather and the foods and the company. Appreciate, absorb, internalize.  Drink in the day as if you are a sponge, and be filled with good feelings and intentions that will carry you into the “new year” with lightness and joy.

Pause at the beginning of the day to set an intention for joy.  Return to that intention often during the day, and recall it again before you sleep at night. The joy is now.