A maple leaf in a cocktail glass seems like a fitting afternoon post for a Friday. It feels like fall. Looks like it too. We magically gain an hour of time this weekend, and rather than wondering how to save or spend it, I’m going to work on fully inhabiting it, on being present and completely mindful. To be fully present for an hour is a monumental achievement – mostly because if you can master it for an hour, you can master it for a lifetime. But it doesn’t happen easily or without work. It takes many days of practice and effort to be so mindful, and it’s a practice that doesn’t have an end or finish line. That used to bother me – I once did much better with a definitive goal in a finite period of time. Now I embrace the uncertainty, taking each moment as it comes, and counting only each moment as it arrives. No more is guaranteed. No more is promised.
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