Broken Glass -

 The Glass is Already Broken

'You see this goblet?" asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master. "For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, 'Of course.' When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious." (Jason Kottke 4/24/15)

My weekend was crazy - from Friday afternoon to Monday evening, it was non-stop go. And yet as hectic as it was, I kept thinking of this narrative - the crisis were not of my doing, and hence, they could not be my undoing. Nothing is perfect; seldom do things go as planned. 

Freedom in that thought - if the glass is already broken, if the message has already been released, if the cry for help has already gone out, if the game has already been canceled, if the process has already been put into play, then I will not try to micromanage or repair, but rather, recognize that with each precious moment of attempting to change is a lost moment. Every moment is precious, whether it's with myself, my grandchildren, my husband, my friends, my aunt, my uncle. 

What is shattered is shattered, and stepping away from the broken-ness into the savoring of what is, can bring such peace, even as I'm sweeping up the broken glass.