Act Now

As I get older, I’m beginning to realize that if we don’t act now and seize opportunities when we can, someone else will.  I’m the friend that asks for advice but then thinks of every reason under the moon for why I should wait or rethink or abort mission.  I’m finding that you can’t change anything or make any sort of progress by worrying about the what ifs.  As I’ve said before, I’m a work in progress.

Wash the Dishes

Living in the moment is the only way to live. Zen Buddhist. Thich Nhat Hanh put it like this…

“In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first met him eight years ago, he was working with a Peace Fellowship. Last winter, Jim came to visit. I usually wash the dishes after we’ve finished the evening meal, before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he might do the dishes. I said, “Go ahead, but if you wash the dishes you must know the way to wash them.” Jim replied, “Come on, you think I don’t know how to wash the dishes?” I answered, “There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes.” Jim was delighted and said, “I choose the second way – to wash the dishes to wash the dishes.” From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I transferred the “responsibility” to him for an entire week.

If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash the dishes.” What’s more, we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes. In fact, we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can’t wash the dishes, the chances are we won’t be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the future and we are incapable of actually living one minute of life.”

Live your life.

Bowling

I wore this out the other night when the hubs and I celebrated his cousin Tamara’s birthday.  It was a bowling birthday at Lucky Strike.  No, I didn’t bowl, but I did cheer the hubs on.  I don’t remember the final score, I just remember being completely exhausted.  I think we stopped and grabbed a bite to eat on the way home, don’t ask me where.  

How did you spend the weekend?

blazer: thrifted | top: Covington JC Penny | jeans: {similar) | shoes: Coach | purse: thrifted | watch: Michael Kors | necklace: c/o MimiBoutique.com

FASHION du Jon: DAY 4

Pardon the brief hiatus, the hubs and I were in Santa Barbara celebrating our 5 year anniversary so for good reason I wasn’t posting.  We had an amazing time and it was such a great getaway.   I’ll be sharing some of our adventures in another post.  For now, let’s pick up where we left off with FASHION du Jon: DAY 4.

What I’m Wearing: top -unknown | belt – random | shoes – modcloth.com

So, the picture does NOT do this outfit justice by any means.  It was actually very cute, but this picture makes it look sloppy.  I liked this outfit so much so that I gave this outfit 5 FASHION du jour thumbs up!

What say you my friends?

 

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