A Friend is Upset - Day 87 - Daily Haiku

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A friend is upset
Why is the world as it is?
Stop fighting; just breathe.

Cori MacNaughton

So many times we judge what is happening in our lives as "bad," or "negative," when in the end it is simply what is, in that current moment. It is only our judgment of it that creates stress for us.

When we refrain from making those judgments, and simply allow what is to be, we can eliminate much of our stress and suffering, and live a calmer and far more fulfilling life, by living in this perfect moment of now.

After all, now is all that exists, as past and future are merely concepts of the mind. Try accomplishing something - anything - in the past, or in the future, and what you are left with is now.

I am often reminded of this when I am talking to friends, as it is often easier to see the egoic mind at work in others than it is in ourselves, particularly in the moment.

And it is often enough to remind one another to simply breathe, and be, without judgment or fear, which then allows us to be, by allowing what is, without judgment.

In this way we grow.

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Sorting Through Receipts – Day 80 – Daily Haiku
Forms of Life – Jean-Luc Ponty – Jazz That Changed Me, part 2

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