[Mindfulist] February 10th

[February 10th] Come Together/Fall Apart: “We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.” – Pema Chödrön

That’s a very wabi-sabi statement. Don’t believe me? Check out Leonard Koren’s book, which was required reading for my first class with Dr. Gregory Ulmer. With the aid of that book, I was able to design a “United Statesian” philosophy and discover my own emblem. If you read that book from cover to cover, you will find that Chödrön’s statement absolutely fits with the wabi-sabi concept. How’s that for mindfulness — bringing my education full circle and being the teacher in a sense. Granted, I’m clearly still very much the student in the equation.

That statement also seems to fit my life. You see, life for me is like a roller coaster at times. Good times give way to bad times, and bad times give way to good times. Finances get tight, finances get comfortable. The kids throw tantrums, the kids say the sweetest things. Life just seems to ebb and flow that way. During the times when everything seems to be simultaneously falling apart, I get through it by reminding myself that it won’t stay that way — that the pieces will fit back together again in time. It’s a good way to practice patience and mindfulness.

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