Wisdom And Wonder

Is courageous exhausting? Is kindness exhausting? Is creativity exhausting?

Ease is your natural state. You were born with it. You were sent to Earth with it. However you got here, it is your right and privilege.

Exhaustion is an alarm blaring out to you as you drift away from your natural state.

It is never too late to hear it and do something about it immediately.

Half-life is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.

Imagine taking a banana and cutting it in half. And in half again. And in half again and so on until you are left with invisible to you banana molecules. That is when the banana is “gone”. How long does it take for our feelings to be gone?

Are they real? Are they physical? How long should we keep them around? If we stop looking at them do they disappear? Do we carry them on a pedestal or inside of a garbage bag?

For some of us the half-life of bad feelings is so long that they never seem to go away. For others the half-life is non-existent. The bad feelings come but don’t stay very long. For some of us same goes for good feelings.

What is the nature of those feelings?

Our teachers who we love deeply in our hearts aren’t there for us to put them in our pocket and carry around forever. But there is something that stays with us. They gave us everything and expected nothing. They shared something infinite with us that wasn’t even theirs to share, yet they shared it. How do you thank them for that? You can’t. But you can do something thankful about it. That is where your conscience steps in with that answer you seek.

Today I prepare a snack: biscuits with strawberry jam and whipped. They were great however they don’t go with chai. Before I ate I didn’t say a prayer. After I ate I wondered “Why don’t I say a prayer before every snack, too? They are all pretty special. Life is special it is amazing and astounding.” Well, thank goodness for the food that helps make it either heaven or hell.