The Direction of Intention

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This is what a friend said to me today: ”I know how to create a better life for myself. I recognize that I am always living in fear and looking toward tomorrow or angry at the past. I know that I can’t do anything about those things. I know that if I slow down and open to the intensity of the moment, I will see the subtleties. It’s the little things in the moment that give breath to life.”

Amen.

And then she said: “I know this. Why don’t I do it? Why do I drive myself crazy never being where I am but fighting past battles or resisting and fearing things that most likely will never happen? What is that about? I think it is a kind of addiction. I think I’m addicted to the drama. I think being a victim is addictive.”

Amen again.

Being a victim is addictive. What do you know about dealing with addictions? There is no magic bullet, only different choices and a determination not to dull or artificially heighten life (both take you out of it), but to live in it. And, as my friend so beautifully said, “Slow down and open to the intensity of the moment; see the subtleties.”

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