Today I just want to stay present on the Path.  To listen carefully for the next word and action.  I rush into things sometimes, making assumptions, forging ahead bumping into what I didn’t open my eyes to see.  If I’m moving slowly and carefully, perhaps I wouldn’t have gotten all these bruises in life.

But that’s who I am, a bit of a ram emotionally.  In my more mature age–ha!–I have become more patient and careful.  Then again, perhaps it is being more friendly with fear, listening to her little scared voice that sometimes completely holds me back with doubts.

It is a convergence of harmony, a mixture of oil (grace) and vinegar (human spirit) perhaps that I contemplate.  Being compassionate to myself, holding hands with fear and moving forward with determination rather than recklessness.

That’s a good anthem for today: kindness and courage.