We suffer, often unknowingly, from wanting to be in two places at once, from wanting to experience more than one person can. This is a form a greed, of wanting everything. Feeling like we’re missing something or that we’re being left out, we want it all. Being human, we can’t have it all. When caught in this mindset, no amount of travel is enough, no amount of love is enough, no amount of success is enough. Greed is not restricted to money. When we believe we are behind or less than, we somehow start to want more than we need, as if what we don’t have will fill in our pain and make us feel whole, as if the thing we have’t tasted will be the thing to bring us alive. The truth is one experience, to love and be loved, taken to heart will satisfy.
FROM: THE BOOK OF AWAKENING Having the Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have By Mark Nepo
What about not connecting with anyone in our “in-between” moments? What about realizing that there are actually no in-between moments at all? What about being in touch with who is on THIS end of the line, not the other end? What about calling ourselves up for a change, and checking, seeing what we are up to? What about just being in touch with how we are feeling, even in those moments when we may be feeling numb, or overwhelmed, or bored, or disjointed, or anxious or depressed, or needing to get one more thing done?
FROM: ARRIVING AT YOUR OWN DOOR 108 Lessons In Mindfulness by Jon-Kabat-Zinn
REFLECTION:
Are you in touch with who is on THIS end of the line??