Rules of the new car
I was recently introduced to that poem by Wesley McNair and I was moved to tears. So much of our lives we want to see it come in a certain package and when it doesn't we rebel, complain, feel sorry for ourselves and refuse to see the life in front of us. Examples from my own life include having my kitchen flooded and feeling very sorry for myself for a few weeks - I miss out on the life in front of me when I am having a pity party. Insisting my children plan and have a life I imagine for them instead of allowing it to unfold the way they design it or more likely, stumble their way to. We wait for our lives to be perfect or just right. When The house is remodeled or clean. When Our bodies are smaller or more muscular. When We have more money. When we graduate or have a better job. When we retire. Waiting is not living. I say this as much for myself as others. As Tara Brach says. "This too" The Rules of the New Car After I got married and became the s