Yesterday a new friend on Facebook from Australia sent me a gift, this wonderful meditation on anger and relaxation. Facebook overwhelms me at times - there are so many people and so much information as to be mind boggling. This particular meditation was apropos because at the time I was angry, miffed to be more precise at someone darling and precious to me.
When I decided to accept this particular gift, and listen to the you tube, my initial attitude was one of resistance. I thought: "oh, I'll just listen to this thing for a bit, because it's not that long." The woman's voice on the video is soothing, and very quickly, this short video helped me to dissipate my angry feelings toward my beloved. I can't recommend this you tube enough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2YTUGirNs
Relaxation (Guided Meditation) @ Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2YTUGirNs
So the point for today is to continue to receive the gifts that keep coming at us, and to let them give us joy, even though the gifts may not have been our idea to start.
There have been many gifts that have "appeared" recently: a piano from neighbors across the street at exactly the moment my daughter decided she wanted to play one, (that piano has provided hours of comfort to my very musical teenager who needs somewhere, somehow to vent her inner feelings,) a cat who showed up and offered our familiy unconditional love in exchange for turkey and a trip to the vets, recently my daughter bought me an unsolicited I-Pod for Mother's Day. I still haven't gotten into the hang of using it - it wasn't my idea - but hey, I can accept it, and know, guess it's time for me to use an I-Pod.
My friend sent me this photograph of India and VJay when they were younger. They remind me of Feathered Pipe Ranch in Montana, a place on the planet so precious to me as to be unparalleled.
In this photograph the presence of these two powerful women is the gift - their eyes are beautiful and intense, they are undeniable, they are here.
Today I remember to accept the gifts that come my way.
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