All January and February my wife and I had been marveling at how busy our spring was going to be starting this week....weddings, trips, conferences, parties - we were booked solid through June....we had things to do, people to see, and places to go.
Hahahahahahah.
In my few minutes of meditation this AM as I walked the dog, I was reminded of what some old timers told me when i first came in.
Life is what happens while we're busy making other plans.
All I can do is take things one day at a time, be kind, seek out ways to be of service, and remember that I'm just a passenger on this journey.
When I feel anxiety about the future, my business, the markets, the virus.....all I can do and all that I need to do is pause and ask my higher power to remove those feelings.
That anxiety, just like any other character defect, is something I have to ask my higher power to work on. Alone, I can't bear down and correct it. I ask my higher power to remove those things that are objectionable or cause me dis-ease.
That's my goal for today - every time one of those thoughts pops up and my hamster wheels starts to turn I'm going to ask my higher power to take it from me...it's his to deal with and not mine. All I can control are my actions and reactions in the course of living life on life's terms.