Captain Michael: Something happens when we wake up.
Before our feet hit the floor, the machinery starts.
What day is it?
What do I hav
Something happens when we wake up.
Before our feet hit the floor, the machinery starts.
What day is it?
What do I have to do?
What am I worried about?
What did I forget?
Within minutes, we’ve taken a perfectly innocent morning and given it a story.
Good day.
Bad day.
Busy day.
Monday.
😂
But for just a moment before all that naming begins…
there was simply morning.
Light through a window.
A sound outside.
The first taste of coffee.
Breath going in.
Breath going out.
The Taoists were suspicious of our need to name everything.
Not because names are bad. We need them to navigate the world.
But sometimes the name becomes more important than the thing itself.
We stop experiencing the rain and start experiencing our opinion about the rain.
We stop experiencing another person and start experiencing the story we’ve created about them.
We can even stop experiencing ourselves and start living inside the story of who we think we’re supposed to be.
Maybe Now exists just before all of that.
Before good or bad.
Before success or failure.
Before yesterday’s story gets another chapter.
Just this.
Whatever this happens to be.
Perhaps this morning, before deciding what kind of Monday it is…
we could simply let it be Monday.
Good morning, friends.
#Now, #BeHereNow, #Taoism, #Presence, #Mindfulness, #MondayMorning, #LifeWellLived, #MorningThoughts, #CrypTok
Captain Michael: Something happens when we wake up. Before our feet hit the floor, the machinery starts. What day is it? What do I have t
Something happens when we wake up. Before our feet hit the floor, the machinery starts. What day is it? What do I have to do? What am I worried about? What did I forget? Within minutes, we’ve taken a perfectly innocent morning and given it a story. Good day. Bad day. Busy day. Monday. 😂 But for just a moment before all that naming begins… there was simply morning. Light through a window. A sound outside. The first taste of coffee. Breath going in. Breath going out. The Taoists were suspicious of our need to name everything. Not because names are bad. We need them to navigate the world. But sometimes the name becomes more important than the thing itself. We stop experiencing the rain and start experiencing our opinion about the rain. We stop experiencing another person and start experiencing the story we’ve created about them. We can even stop experiencing ourselves and start living inside the story of who we think we’re supposed to be. Maybe Now exists just before all of that. Before good or bad. Before success or failure. Before yesterday’s story gets another chapter. Just this. Whatever this happens to be. Perhaps this morning, before deciding what kind of Monday it is… we could simply let it be Monday. Good morning, friends. #Now, #BeHereNow, #Taoism, #Presence, #Mindfulness, #MondayMorning, #LifeWellLived, #MorningThoughts, #CrypTok
Something happens when we wake up. Before our feet hit the floor, the machinery starts. What day is it? What do I have to do? What am I worried about? What did I forget? Within minutes, we’ve taken a perfectly innocent morning and given it a story. Good day. Bad day. Busy day. Monday. 😂 But for just a moment before all that naming begins… there was simply morning. Light through a window. A sound outside. The first taste of coffee. Breath going in. Breath going out. The Taoists were suspicious of our need to name everything. Not because names are bad. We need them to navigate the world. But sometimes the name becomes more important than the thing itself. We stop experiencing the rain and start experiencing our opinion about the rain. We stop experiencing another person and start experiencing the story we’ve created about them. We can even stop experiencing ourselves and start living inside the story of who we think we’re supposed to be. Maybe Now exists just before all of that. Before good or bad. Before success or failure. Before yesterday’s story gets another chapter. Just this. Whatever this happens to be. Perhaps this morning, before deciding what kind of Monday it is… we could simply let it be Monday. Good morning, friends. #Now, #BeHereNow, #Taoism, #Presence, #Mindfulness, #MondayMorning, #LifeWellLived, #MorningThoughts, #CrypTok
