Jelita Clough
@jelita610
Jelita Clough
@jelita610
But no matter how long we discuss the question “What should I do?” there is no conclusion. You must just be here. “Here” doesn’t mean Minneapolis or San Francisco. “Here” means right now.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
Of course it sounds as if it were the most abject fatalism to have to admit that I am what I am, and that no escape or division is possible. It seems that if I am afraid, then I am “stuck” with fear. But in fact I am chained to the fear only so long as I am trying to get away from it. On the other hand, when I do not try to get away I discover that
... See moreWhen I am waking up—whether because of the alarm going off, the sunlight shining on my face, or the dog jumping on the bed—I notice that I am no longer sleeping but becoming conscious. Through repetition, I have trained myself, in this in-between state, to recognize that I actually get to wake up this morning. Awakening each day is not something I
... See more“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”
— Bob Dylan
You think you need to wake up. You don't. All that has to occur is for you to recognize yourself as what you truly are.
I am awake to my good, and gather in the harvest of endless opportunities.
I wonder how much “morning stillness” will effect your day. As in, if you wake up and constantly jump into your thoughts, notifications, and distractions, does that scatter-upon-waking effect just kill your force for the day? And if you instead watch your thoughts, let them pass, set intentions, and log, log, log, will the day be better?