I am here, now

“Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh, Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers

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Sometimes I get overwhelmed

And when I get overwhelmed, I get irrational

And when I get irrational I disengaged from those around me

and disengaged from God

I get a little lost

And life becomes…

Messy

Ever been there?

Such times call for “damage control”

1.  Don’t judge

2. Minimize the Damage

3. Remember, this shall pass

Don’t judge

Don’t jump in with both feet

Into the “blame game”

Don’t wallow in the ooze and slime and old decay

Of self judgment

Life is giving you a beating?

Don’t help it by beating up on itself

A depleted self is not a resilient self

Don’t judge your feelings

Don’t get upset that you are angry, or sad,

Fearful or regretful

You are simply having, “a human experience”

Notice what you a feeling (that is important)

And then, let it go

Step away from your bully brain that so badly wants you

Trap you in negativity

and then STOP whatever it is you are doing

cease and desist

OK, so you made a mistake

Don’t’ make it worse by doubling down on the behavior

So you had a drink (when you said you wouldn’t)

Don’t throw up your hands in despair and have 5 more

So you snapped at your love

Don’t make it worse sinking into resentment and anger

And prolonging the fight

Minimize the harm….

And

The

 Remember

This too shall pass

There is only the present, only this moment

This one

And it is soon gone

To be replaced by a new moment

Newness is ever upon us

Every moment dies

But then a new moment is born

Every moment is an opportunity to die to the past

To anger, to fear

And remember that after death

Is

Resurrection

After every moment there is a chance to start again

We are constantly dying to self

And being born

again

Remember

Everything is possible.