Boiling Water

Now in my 55^th year on this earth you would think I would have everything figured out.  Well just because I know it, does not mean I will practice or follow it. So from now on, I will start practicing and following the golden rules of everything. Maybe they are not golden rules, but just general knowledge. I realize this is a big endeavor but here goes I am ripping the Band-Aid off.  

1^st golden rule I will tackle is a watched pot never boils. I do not know if this is a golden rule but it is a saying. The water does eventually boil but standing there and waiting only stresses me out. I am in a hurry and I want to get that pasta in the water so I lift the lid to check the water, only to cool the water off and have it take even longer.  Have you been there?

Things in life take time. With technology, the way it is everyone wants instant results. We have come to expect this.  Everyone is in a hurry and stressed out. Things are not going the way I want so I am agitated and rushed. When I am in that mode I tend to not see or feel what is really going on. I am not breathing. My ability to assess and respond to the situation at hand, reduced.

Sure it’s just boiling water or is it?  It was probable a bad day at work, things were out of my control. Maybe someone cut me off on your way home and I have let it fester. Maybe I am tired and I do not want to be cooking dinner anyways. Maybe it is not the water.  Therefore, I need to examine why I am standing over a pot of water waiting for it to boil, as if I can speed up the process.

I am going to breathe from now on.  This is something I have learned in yoga and meditation. When things are not going my way, I will open my senses and assess my truths. I will be proactive in searching for why I am standing over a pot of water, waiting for it to boil. I will be patient with myself and if need be walk away for a while.

This is my flow of things from now on.

Pamela Richardson