I pulled my small SUV
into my assigned garage parking space and carefully lined up the car so I
centered the car in the spot.
As the past year has taught me it makes the reversing out of the parking
space so much easier. The
interesting thing is that the more experience I’ve gained maneuvering my car
between the neighbor’s SUV and the wall and large support post is that
reversing the car is less intimidating. I don’t think about it anymore. Not like the early days after the move
when Robert taught me how to pull in and out with ease. I joked with him that the spot was so
difficult for me that the second time I hit something I was getting a smaller
vehicle. After all, reverse had
never been my strong suit.
I began wondering if my not
liking to reverse has been limited to the world of driving? I don’t like to read the same book
twice. Not even a book that I
truly treasured as a favorite.
I don’t see the point in traveling to the same distant vacation
destination more than once – haven’t you already seen everything? There are so many new places to
visit. On a menu I am always
scanning the choices looking for something new to try. Perhaps I have a natural ability to be forward focused?
But is being perpetually forward
focused necessarily a good thing?
In its own way it may be as limiting as dwelling on the past. You could get lost in the endless
possibilities of ‘what’s next?’ The
older I am the more I understand that more choices do not lead to
happiness. I can’t help but
believe that being fully present in the current moment is an even better state
of mind.
It brings to mind a scene
from the movie ‘Star Trek: Insurrection’ in which Captain Picard learns how to capture
and slow down the perfect moment. It is something that practitioners of meditation know
well. Now, how to continuously achieve that coveted state is something to
ponder. It sounds a bit lofty, this new goal. It may take a while to get there. No better time to start than right now. This very moment.
2 comments:
You have such deep thoughts, I love reading them. :)
Practicing mindfulness is a skill that takes time to develop. But it all starts with just that seed of awareness that you need that. Sometimes I feel that during the Rosary or at Mass, when the rest of the universe just falls away and you are no longer aware of it. Wouldn't it be something to capture that feeling all the time?
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