Missing the Main Event
View from My Window
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005
This morning I had my coffee, warm robe, electric heater at my feet and was awaiting the sunrise which I could tell would be glorious from the preview I was getting through the trees and the clouds, colored brightly pink and a hint of orange.
But in my haste to not waste a moment’s time, I turned to my computer to check my email while awaiting the anticipated event. Suddenly, I realized the room was ablaze with light and I looked out the window and sure enough, I had missed the anticipated event, the one I had gotten up so early in the cold house from the warmth of my bed to see.
How often do I do similar things? Miss the main event of life and its Becoming, because I get distracted by the minutiae of daily living? I know I must attend to the duties of routine living, but I must never do so at the expense of participating fully in a major event of the day: a sunrise; which marks the beginning of a New Day, another major event.
There are other ways of missing out on the beauty of the moment: daydreaming. The wandering of my mind and the way it skips and hops from one subject to another sort of like the game of word association causes me to not be present in the moment. To stay in the now and be aware can be quite a challenge to a daydreamer like me.
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005
This morning I had my coffee, warm robe, electric heater at my feet and was awaiting the sunrise which I could tell would be glorious from the preview I was getting through the trees and the clouds, colored brightly pink and a hint of orange.
But in my haste to not waste a moment’s time, I turned to my computer to check my email while awaiting the anticipated event. Suddenly, I realized the room was ablaze with light and I looked out the window and sure enough, I had missed the anticipated event, the one I had gotten up so early in the cold house from the warmth of my bed to see.
How often do I do similar things? Miss the main event of life and its Becoming, because I get distracted by the minutiae of daily living? I know I must attend to the duties of routine living, but I must never do so at the expense of participating fully in a major event of the day: a sunrise; which marks the beginning of a New Day, another major event.
There are other ways of missing out on the beauty of the moment: daydreaming. The wandering of my mind and the way it skips and hops from one subject to another sort of like the game of word association causes me to not be present in the moment. To stay in the now and be aware can be quite a challenge to a daydreamer like me.
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