Flying Without Wings

Sometimes I feel as if I have to fly, leave reality.
But there is no getting around all that is, and a guy named Rodriguez says, "nothing beats reality."
If you have ever felt like this I don't need to say anything else, perhaps hand you a pen and ask you to tell me about. But what if you didn't know what to do with a pen and a blank page? Have you ever looked up into the stars and had a shocking realization that you are looking at ghosts, long dead burning beautiful gas.
So, back to this reality thing.
Sometimes you can get away from it, or it can get away from you and then you realize you are trying to grasp for 'it'. And another shocking realization of it all- 'it' is always happening and it happened long before you realized it IS.
By this time I think you guessed what I am talking about.
They call 'it' God sometimes.
Sometimes in the right context.
Others... not so much.
At any rate, it's at this point that I am realizing the process of growing wings, and learning to fly before it all goes down in flames.
Also, I am listening to Counting Crows, 'Films About Ghosts' as I write.
OKay, done!
Cheers!

Small Things

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa
Hello again my friends!
Here we are a few weeks into the New Year and I had some thoughts to share.
When I started to think about resolutions I wanted to pick something small that I knew I could stick with, and it was with this that I started to think about small things.
Small things are often overlooked and uncared for; small change, small decisions, tiny actions that are performed daily such as going to work, eating and putting on our shoes are often unconscious and 'small.'
Everyday we all have a chance to live out the above quote from Mamma T, "not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love. We can do this with mindfulness.
As I think about the small things that I can do with great love I am overwhelmed.
I talk to a security guy at my building, it's a chance for me to practice my Chinese- but he really get's a kick out of talking to me. To be honest, some nights after I teach I don't want to talk- especially in Chinese. But if I practice what I preach I will be mindful of the moment and I will engage in the small things and love my friend.
As I teach and see the faces of children light up as they learn and practice a new language I must engage in the small moments with them and do it with great love.
As I smile at the curious faces that pass me by I must do it with great love.
This seems so small, so insignificant and meaningless.
It seems small, but we are small creatures in a very vast, ever expanding universe. However, we have a great power and I believe with my whole being that the power we harness is love.
I would like to offer a challenge to you if you are reading this.
Think of one way you can engage yourself in the arena of the daily life.
Do something small, do something that seems insignificant and pour your being into it.
Do it with great love, and watch it grow into a mighty thing.