Time of Reflection...

  

Tortoise Taught Us...

This is all leading somewhere.

You think it isn't...but if your heart is still beating...

it is. 

The problem might be...you are so used to instant gratification. 

RAH RAH RAH!!!  they all cry.

WIN!!  WIN!!!

Kill the other guy before he kills you!

Survival of the fittest!

& in your down time?

A shot of alcohol to the heart?

The hit of a joint to the brain? 

some crank?  speed?

Even a movie with shooting, exploding, sex and loud music. 

Hit the button...the movie of your choice.

On demand.

DEMAND DEMAND!!

Any kind of high to get the heart beating...

When maybe...

we should slow it down a little.

If you slow it all down...like the Buddhist monks...you will see the little details. 

The little changes. 

The tiny wins.  Almost imperceptible to the human eye.

Rush past them too fast...& you will get a result, sure-

but maybe not the one you heart and soul NEED. 

Slow it down...take a deep breath, look around you, and recognise...

This is ALL leading somewhere good.

Gift.

I heard someone today say she 'Needs beautifying'.

I see you...& I be you.

It is not only women who think they need 'improvement' somehow.

For me? It is weight. An ongoing battle with the midriff. & I fear it has more to do with vanity than health. Sad, really.

Of course...everybody knows...if we do not feel beautiful inside- then any external modification shall remain just that- a battle.

& one we will lose.

I should read my own posts; the other day I wrote about how truth comes from within, not without.

So too does our sense of self.

At risk of sounding like some kind of sufi (I assure you, not for the last time, I have nothing to sell...) you are ALL beautiful.

WE are all beautiful.

Perhaps we ought appreciate our gifts more...lest we lose them forever.