What Will Be Right

On any given week or weekend we usually have a list of ‘To-Do’s’.  The simple workings of life; the cleaning, the shopping and the obligations can begin to feel like an authoritarian Task Master.  This Task Master can rule all and make the days to come feel more like a dread than a gift.

What if, instead of focusing on what we HAVE to do, we focus on what we GET to do.  I want to share a paragraph from Thich Nhat Hanh’s book ‘Fear’ that explains this simple idea very well.  

So along with the obligations, make time and note this weekend what you are privileged to do here in this day by day life of yours.  Plan a few little pieces of your day that are obvious gifts for simple and pure enjoyment.  Then look at your To-Do list with eyes of appreciation that another week or weekend has come to connect with others, to serve and to soak IT up.