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ONE DAY AT A TIME

During One of My Talks, I Must Have Said – In Passing – ‘One Day
At A Time’.  A Middle Aged Lady, Courteously Congratulated Me
For A Good Lecture – She Called It Lecture – And Asked This
Two-Part Question:  Will You Please (1)  Explain What Do
 You Mean By ‘One Day At A Time’.  (2)  Will Our Daily Chores
And Struggles Stay The Same Or Get Lighter? How Is This Possible

And, Here Is My Answer

One day at a time…can’t lump life and existence in time quotas and quanta subject to your conception, math, agenda, goals, moods and desires.

Of Time’s Dimensions, the privilege of the instant is your key.  It is your energy charge; your cash account…Everything depends on your behavior now…You are a product of how you exercise the privilege at this very instant; in this moment.

It is easy to gravitate into low states of energy:  fatigue, pessimism, anxiety and depression.  All of these downers like the company of one another.  They travel together.  They will drag you down into inertia and what goes with it.

All happens when you let go your guard.  Think of your guard as your guardian, your ally.  Your guard is what keeps you alive, perky, able to be, to perceive, to conceive, to choose, to think, feel and act.  Your guard is your awareness.  Your wakefulness.  Your guardian.

Your guard is your breath of life calling…Your heart beat awakening and energizing your whole lot telling you:   I am your heart pumping blood, pouring the water of life into every territory, organ, ditch, vessel, skin, membrane, eyes, liver, spleen and bowels.

Your listening brings in lyrics, words of wisdom, affectionate whispers, lessons recited, voices of children playing, giggling, arguing and mischieving…Squirrels in the park quarreling and sweethearting…Birds singing, flying, proposing and doing other things.

Your eyes bring in roads you travel, letters and books, works of art, the cloud, the moon, sun, rainbows, color, beauty, sandhills, rivers and mountains and what flies, creeps along and walks about.

IN REALITY, THERE IS NO FIXED AGENDA.  We fix our own agenda and get fixed to it.  The agenda fixes us like a powerful clutching magnet that won’t let go.  Transcend the confines…The agenda is merely a reminder of sorts. Friendly, I hope; not a shackle, not a chain.   Let it be.  Befriend your agenda, keep it pliable, accommodating and reasonable.

YOUR AGENDA IS TO LIVE. 
             SO, LIVE.  LIVE.  LIVE.  LIVE.

Connect And Interconnect.  Flow with the river of life.  Partake of the bioenergy…Joy of being is for the take.  Take.  Take.  In down-to earth words don’t impose loneliness on yourself.  You can be alone but not lonely.

Don’t Let Your Agenda And Projects Thwart Your Time And Limit Your Space And Interfere With Your Sleep.   Let’em embrace your being and link to the best in you:  Your sharp mind, way with words, way with thought, beautiful, tender feelings and most importantly, your innate ability to see things and events for what they are; not all the time though; none of us can.  And, your sense of humor and the love to dance…Keep it vibrant.   Present.  And, alive.

Say Good Bye To Inertia, Pessimism, Panic And Depression.  And if they come back, don’t dwell on them.  If there is a real problem or challenge; address it…you are capable of so doing.  But, let me tell you, most of
our problems and challenges are fictitious.  Sort it all out.

Live…Live…Live…Cheers!  Cheers!  Cheers!

ONE DAY AT A TIME WELL LIVED, WILL EGENDER AND DELIVER A BETTER TOMORROW.