Instant Replay

Life is a replay of our history before.  Isn't it?

We go along in our daily activities involved in the moment until we aren't. The the history of our thoughts repeat themselves.  In other words, we slide back into the ruts.  The same issues continue to plague us until they don't.

Reflecting on a continual theme, my thoughts turn to find a project that fully involves me.  One that is pleasing, one that feels fulfilling.  Until it doesn't.  Does that seem familiar? It is the proverbial hamster wheel going round and round.  Or Sisyphus moving the humongous boulder up the hill only to have it fall back down. He repeats the procedure again and again and again.  Hope keeps Sisyphus going. Hope keeps me going, too.

Sometimes there are little rocks.  Everywhere. We can focus on the rocks and miss the azure sky and stunning white clouds.  The choice, as always is ours.  We can circumvent the little rocks, or large boulders in our lives, work around them and enjoy all the abundance.  That doesn't mean we have to like it or allow our world to become unhealthy.  It does mean we are present with what is. 

But the reality is, being comfortable in our thoughts, in our skin will always keep us going.  Recognizing the ruts, our human limitations and learning to laugh at ourselves is the antidote.

We don't get the instant replay most of the time.  That is, until we have suffered enough.  When we are fully ready to end the suffering, we find a way to make peace with what is. In the end, we make peace with ourselves.   

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

             - Michael Korda