I am exactly where I want to be, for better or worse. I belong right here, right now.
Just for today.
I don’t know where I’ll end up. I am exploring. I have no goals. I am a wanderer. When our paths cross, I will be kind. I have no expectations.
I work hard, but nothing is for keeps. I will work harder yet. I promise not to hold on. Not today.
Today life has delivered me to each tree instead of the entire forest. Everything is less overwhelming, and there are no hassles.
Today I am off the Internet, and a connection occurs when I disconnect. My best reflections about experiences are those I have when “disconnected.”
Today phone calls, text messages, and emails are a suggestion, not obligations. Today an actual book is in my hand, and it’s beautiful. Today I will go to the library, not Google.
Today I didn’t read random articles on the Internet. There is no “information” I am missing.
Today I will do one thing and not talk about all of the other stuff.
Today “doing” is information. Today “doing” is experience.
Today, no desire, no possession, and no control. I have no longings or belongings, and fear is gone.
No miscommunication.
Today I’m not asking, ‘Why?’
Today I won’t make room for them if I don’t choose to do so, and I don’t have space for their opinion. I’m sorry if it’s been a bad day or life, and it’s not that I don’t care. Today I choose not to try to understand—even my stuff.
I am not seeking to accomplish anything today.
Yesterday that wasn’t the case, and tomorrow that won’t. But today? “Accomplishment” is something holding me down.
Today no one is judged or to be judged. Especially not me. No inner voices say I have or have not, and I can afford to give it all away today.
Today the things I know to be accurate are:
— I’m in the library writing this with pen & paper.
— I feel joy, and that’s a choice from the inside, not an emotion that’s given.
— I’m attractive and wealthy when charitable with my love, wonder, kindness, curiosity, friendship, and connection.
Today I have no goals. Yesterday I had plans. Today I’m not thinking, “Once I achieve (X), I will be (Y).”
Today nothing outside of me will make me happy.
Today I hold my hand while walking down the street, and in doing so, I will achieve all the goals I never made for myself.
Don’t take my advice today. If you read this, thank you. May our next step be lighter than our last.
Tomorrow the deck is liable to flip, and I’ll change my mind, but today this is what I know to be true.
