Day 069d: A more than Peace-full Pendulum … (June 22, 2019)
Persistence is ever effective when treading through times of trial or difficulty, and humble acceptance (if not outright appreciation*) is even more effective still. And so it was for me on this day – with no sooner me choosing to stride gratefully through the mud than that same muck gave way to drier, smoother conditions that danced back & forth between smooth & wide roadways and soft grassy thoroughfares …
*Appreciation of painful moments is not a masochistic enjoyment of the same, but rather the recognition of the fact that every act of Kindness is immeasurably empowered when offered despite the pains one is experiencing therein.
“Contrary to what is oft believed, the best moments in our lives are not those that are passive, receptive, relaxing, or even comfortable . No, the best of our moments occur whenever a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something selflessly difficult, and thereby profoundly worthwhile. Optimal experience is thus not something that happens to us when things are ‘going well’, but is rather something that we make happen when things aren’t as easy or harmonious. For a child, it might be steadily rebuilding a block tower that has already fallen a dozen times, and yet for an adult – just as for a toddler – it comes when mastering the trying times; giving to others in times of lack, being boldly kind to strangers, or taking one more purposeful step along paths swampy or treacherous..” ~ inspired by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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