LOVE WORKS DAILY 02/05/07 - Stay The Course

LOVE WORKS DAILY 02/05/07 - Stay The Course

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INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT:
(Great Thoughts By History's Inspired Thinking Men and Women)

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness
 inside of you.

-Deepak Chopra

TIM's BLOG
(Random Thoughts and Tim's Daily World):

Quite a few interesting things happened over the weekend
in out little world..at least interesting to me...so I share!

First,  my 12 year old WON the county competition of Mathcounts
and got a $1000 scholarship and a trip to compete at
STATE in March in Corvallis.

We were beside ourselves.  What a thrill!  Competing against
a room of the smartest math whiz kids in Klamath County, 
he comes out at the top....(and he didn't think he had done very
well!)  So So Exciting!  Now my hopes switch from the county
to state contests,  and that win or lose, my son has a great time
and it all turns out for the greater good.  Safe to say, this was
quite a shot in the arm for him,  and he is feeling like
maybe, just maybe,  he's got the stuff to go the places he
wants to go.

Currently, he wants to pursue microbiology or astrophysics...
but he's not sure....wouldn'y it be nice to have those
choices?

Secondly,  our chickens were attacked by a hawk over
the weekend and all survived.  The hens appearantly ran
inside while our rooster stood to fight.  He was torn to
shreds,  but is still alive, and although his "cock-a-doodle-do"
has taken quite a beating,  he did his job protecting the
flock survived himself in the process.  Another amazing
accomplishment, expecially considering he is a miniature
breed chicken....and his name...."Pip"...as in Pip Squeek!

And finally...our youngest is ill again.  This is the fourth or
fifth time this winter he is fevered and infected by things
unknown. Each doctors visit gets us more anti-biotics....and
they knock it out for a few weeks and it comes back.  My
all indications it is just respitory infections and/or
the cold and flu.  He has asthma, which complicates things,
but it just keeps coming back.  It's his first year
in a new climate and first year at school...these could be
the major factors....I just want him better and to stay better.
Please keep him in your best thoughts and prayers.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
(Brand New and Classic Love Works Essays 2001-2007)

For some reason,  I always make a plan, and then I change it
at the very end.

It is a long-term pattern for me.

Every year in August, I go on vacation.

And every year, I plan out the whole trip.  I write down where
we will go and what we will do in each leg of the journey.

A couple years ago we took a 28 day auto tour of the USA and Canada
from Oregon to Washington DC to Maine and thru Canada to Michigan
and back to Oregon.  10,000 miles in 28 days.

We had a great time.  I visited my daughter 2 times.  We toured
all the big landmarks and saw my grandmother on the east coast.
We did everything we wanted to do,  and stayed the course for the
entire trip...until....day number 26.

You see...it's not till the very end I change it.

Every year, I promise myself I will not change it...I will stay the
course.

When it comes to vacations,  what I try to promise myself is that
the last few days will be as relaxed and pleasant as the first.
I will not be rushed or hurried.  I will stay the course and enjoy
the vacation right down to the last few hours when we drive home.

Instead....

Everytime,  I get to the last OFFICIAL destination and it is
time to return home....I get out the map...and say to myself.....

"If I drive thru the night we can be home by Tuesday...."

We are not due back until Friday, and have several more
days to casually make our way back. Drive a few hours each day...
stop and spend time relaxing and enjoying ourselves.

But....

Every time, I decide to RUSH back home with a big SWEEP.
I decide the vacation is over in my head and just drive and
drive and drive.

For 26 days,  I wandered softly across the highways of the
country.....for 2 days I race like a maniac to get back home.

I have tried and tried to break myself of this.  But in the end
it still happens.

Actually it happens with alot of things in my life.
I can stay the course until the finish line is in sight....
And then I just wanna get done!

I am  going to try and make a change this year.

I'm gonna just enjoy the last days of the trip the same
as the first days.

After all....all the days are the same.  Every day is the journey
and we are really not in a rush to get anyplace.

In life,  there is no journey.  Where we are is where we are
supposed to be.  We are already there. 

But most of us, including myself,  do actually rush around like maniacs more than
I think is healthy. Trying to get to the finish line!

And the only place we are really rushing to get to
is the Graveyard....our ultimate finish line.

Are we killing ourselves to get to that end?

Do we really want today to be that last couple days of the trip?

Or wouldn't it better if we just relaxed and enjoyed all of the days?

I think I need to learn to take my time.....stay the course
Beacuse I have no desire to finish this trip early.....

Life is too short...to hurry to the end.

Love In Thought! Love In Word! Love In Action!

Love To You Today!

 

"May we endeavor today to increase our understanding and appreciation of
what others have given and contributed to us. And develop constant,
mindful consideration of how our thoughts and actions will BENIFICIALLY
CONTRIBUTE to others"

The best to you today in discovering the answers to life's difficult
questions!

 

A Final Thought:

Love is always the right thing to do. Even if it isn't the easiest
thing to do.

May we have compassion for the struggles of others, wisdom to
acknowledge our own, and courage to address them both every day.

Respectfully,
Tim

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Peace be with you.

from LOVE WORKS DAILY 08/16/05
(c)2007 T.Thomas Henry