Have a one word resolution for 2009

I am not in control…as much as I would like to control….as much as I can prepare….I am still not in control. Things happen as a result of other things that happen. Some things (my actions and my thoughts) I can influence. Some things (other people’s actions and thoughts) I can try to influence. But I am not in control.

I went to my agility show. Yes, dogs are in the moment. They are not strategizing their next move or lamenting their last failure. I was in the moment and I was telling (yelling) to another agility participant to hurry which is a little no-no, so I was scolded to hush.

While at work tonight I need to be in the moment of keeping my charting updated, filed and put away. I tend to get distracted from my paper work and come the end of the shift I still have things left write and file. I will embrace each moment of work tonight!!

My word Resolution for 2009 is Sati… Mindfulness (Pali). In Buddhism the word ‘Sati’ usually carries the meaning of awareness or skillful attentiveness. Mindfulness.
I can accept where I am here and now. I will embrace in the moment. I overheard a kindergarten teacher telling her student “all I am asking is that you do your best.” I will learn from criticism grow because I am continually evolving into a state of something else.