Nov/22/2024 Stupid Stick

       So there it was a 8 inch long  3/4 inch thick oak branch laying in the grass. Was I paying attention, no. My shoe tip hits the end of it. It flips and jabs my front part of foot at the ankle. Takes off about 3 layers of skin but no  blood. Why, not living in the moment. These are little wakeup calls. This was 2 days ago. Today dropped a sock on basement floor transfering clothes to dryer. A small thing. Usually I'm conscious about not dropping any clothes. These are little things. They point to not being focused in the now. This month I decided to live more in the now. I think that this skill will help in my future endeavors. Learn through these little instances so as not to get bit by bigger issues later on.  Say like when you are out on the road. I learn here on the road as well. Always look for potential problems coming your way. Like stopping 20 ft from car in front of you while at a light. Then watching the rear view mirror for car coming up behind you. If he's moving too fast you can move forward. This helps me a lot on the road. Let other drivers merge ahead of you. It makes you feel good and them as well. Then they pass the courtesy on to someone else. People can be bone heads on the road, but so can you. Give them slack. No justification for getting mad. Ever.

       I try to pre plan my day. How I want the day to go. You are living in the future at this time but doing it in the now. Does it always work out. No. But a lot of times it does. And always be thankfull to divine spirit. I do see benefits to living in the now. You do what you can one day at a time. If you hit a road block, reach into your spiritual tool box. And ask divine spirit for it's assistance. No matter where you happen to be.

Nov19/2024 The Store is on the Left

        I have to go to Chipotle and pick up lunch. I'm in a new area. I'm sure the store is to the left but GPS tells me me to hang a right. I go right. My Micheal Scott moment. The show is the Office. Micheal and Dwight are on a business call. Michael's driving and GPS tells him to hang a right. Dwight says no it means make a right 50 ft up the road the road. Micheal says no, it says make a right. As he makes a right, Dwight is screaming. Yep, Micheal puts his car into a pond. That was me in a way, sans the pond. You know better but let your life be led by a glitch in technology. Like those people who fall asleep while driving a Tesla. So stupid. Putting themselves in danger and others. Must think twice before putting your faith in technology or others for that matter. I ask for God's protection, when out and about. It can't hurt.

       We either focus or suffer the consequences. Sometimes those consequences can be severe. In the past I would leave the house forgetting something, wallet or the phone. Not everyday. This month I've been working on mindfulness. Now I  catch myself walking down the driveway and then remembering I forgot something. Before I would be on the road and have to turn around and go back. So, there is some progress. When your thinking about the near future you can mess up the now. It's a hard habit to break. Breaking this habit will make your life better.

       So this month has been good in the mindfulness department. Every month will have to be this way. But good results are happening.

Nov/02/2024 It's Funny in a Way

        Couple days after the last blog.  I committed  another mindfuless act. This one bit me good. I'm making dinner and it's going to be a tuna fish sandwich. Put the mayo in and mix it up. Then I had to go into another room. I set bowl on counter. Then I thought  wait. There is a cat in this household .  Where to put it? I know in the fridge.  15 min later I'm getting the loaf of bread out of the fridge top shelf. It's behind the tuna. Catches the lip of bowl and now it's on it's way to the tile floor. Tuna and Pyrex all over the place. I get most of it up. Then my wife comes out. So she is worried about the cat's paws. I have to get on knees and wipe the floor with sponge to get up little fragments of sharp pieces. One hr and 15 min later, the floor is done. That lack of  mindfulness  cost me bigtime. I saw the irony of it all as the bowl went south. So sometimes I'm  mindful and it pays off and when I'm not, I get this.   Focus, Focus & Focus.