JOYFUL LIVING:


As life continues it's flow into the uncertain future, I wish to be patient. This requires not a suffering but a willingness to immerse myself in the natural flow of life regardless of its pace,speed,direction and not be waiting for things to happen. The natural flow means that life assumes its own form and shape, not necessarily mine. Things occur not when we think they should but when they suppose to, when the time is right. Having said all that, what I notice after several decades of this extraordinary life is that  sports,cooking, exercise, eating well, writing, meditating, stimulating conversation, music and love have this transformational capacity to create much JOY. Together they create a marriage of Yin and Yang, East and West, Science and Mysticism, all a manifestation of the DIVINE. Why do we get so busy chasing the ephemeral, external rewards that cause frustration and disappointment and dis-ease. The Chinese word for busy, when translated into English , means " the killing of the heart".