Little Ole Sweet Compassion

It's hard for me to be willing to "be aware" of those things that  arise from my heart - to be willing to receive all of my "errant children" - those irrational, immature, adolescent reactions that can wear me out. And actually, it is not the reactions that wear me out but my judgment of those reactions.

So I watched me be disappointed when a dream, which was clearly the result of an outsized ego, not be realized. And instead of the usual harsh that-is-what-happens-when-you-have-an-outsized-ego response, I watched Compassion rise up in my heart and share my disappointment!

Talk about hope! No struggling to be compassionate. No wrestling down the thoughts that are not useful. No reasoning to get me to a different place. Just Little Ole Sweet Compassion saying "I'm sorry".

Our irrational, immature, adolescent reactions that are the result of our egos are not the enemy. Our egos are not our enemy. They are Information Givers. They are Location Finders. And they can be received with compassion.

Visual for the Day

I found myself mesmerized by the soloist at a symphony I went to. When she wasn't singing, she was poised, calm, focused, centered and present. I was intrigued. It makes sense that a singer would be all those things because he/she spends so much time developing awareness of where their breath is and what is going on in their diaphragm. I was also intrigued because I could tell just by looking at her, where her focus was. In other words, the people around me can sense, on some level, where I am focusing my attention and energy.

When I am present, centered, and focused on my breathing, I am able to give more of a gift to those around me. I am able to give a bigger me, a fuller me, a me that includes all of the centers of intelligence plus (hopefully) a God/Robin.

That was my Visual for the day - a human enfleshed truth (or a truth enfleshed human?)