Living thoughtfully

“At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.”

― Thích Nhất Hạnh

…..the only real authority we ever have over the course, direction, and trajectory of our lives is how we listen whenever we are met with one of these relentless choice points, how we listen for what feels, in this moment, to be the most clear, true, next right thing. In the same way, the following moment will offer its own new and unexpected choice, which helps create the next moment, and our moments shape our days, as our days become our lives. In short, we find the path through our own life by following the thread.

---  Wayne Muller

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I sit at the table

drinking a cup of coffee

listening to the sounds of the house

watching the horses feed

and the quail scurry

I have made one choice

not to jump,

run

or even walk fast into this day

my walk can wait

for this moment I will just sit

just sit?

of course not!

for this is, or can be, a time of listening

to the deepest desires of my heart

to the voice of the Sacred

it is this voice

it is the Presence which

if listened to

helps me follow my choices as breadcrumbs

the breadcrumbs of God

through my day

my days

my weeks

my years

so this day

I sit

With so many choices before me

choices which are large

and small

critical and mundane

so many choices

all important

for out of those choices

I weave the fabric of this day

the fabric of my life

I sit

vowing this day

to choose wisely

and follow the breadcrumbs of the Sacred

to where

God leads

So,

next question…

Coffee People Black Tiger

or

Jet Fuel