The other day I was spending some wonderful time with Flossie, my eight-year-old daughter.
We were having a rather philosophical discussion and I said, “Perhaps this is heaven right here. Perhaps heaven is a choice.”
“This can’t be heaven,” Flossie retorted. “If I fall off Cookie, I’ll hurt myself. In heaven you couldn’t hurt yourself.”
“Maybe,” I replied.
I continued to ponder it; in a world where there was no failure, no pain, no challenge, where’s the fun, I thought?
Maybe we need that to appreciate the good.
Or maybe that’s a silly belief that’s instilled in us.
Perhaps Flossie is right…
We don’t always take the straight path. Sometimes we take the long road. Or no road at all.
Recently I’ve been making a conscious effort to say nice things to people.
Mindfulness meditation, when done regularly over a long period of time, helps to create space between stimulus and response.