Dawn Breaks

It’s been so interesting to notice the progression this week.

Keeping Mark’s admonition to hold our practice close during this time, I have navigated the holiday week with the end gift of interesting realizations.

My resolve to do my daily practices stay in place to a point, although I must confess that yesterday, the day after Christmas, I was just so tired, I slept in. Never a good idea for me, and then I was just off all day.

It was the only day I can remember for months that I missed my sit. I did my evening readings as I could feel the elevation of my mood and mental thought processes beginning to descend into the old ways.

This morning I was awake again at 4:30 doing my stretching and my 25 recitations of “do it now”. It’s now 5:30 AM, and I’ve read my chapter for the day and I’m about to do my sit.

I can feel myself returning to a more elevated state this morning. Partly because that’s where I want to live and partly because I’m now even more acutely aware of the constant effort required to override the old patterns. This is work, but it’s good work!

Today, I am grateful for my 2010 Honda Accord. Older, reliable, paid for and comfortable. I’m grateful for the Master Key Experience (MKE) and I’m grateful for my friend Mair who introduced me to the experience of Think and Grow Rich and from there to the MKE.