When I look back 20 years, as I must in 2012, there are so many remarkable things... it's sometimes hard to focus in on the big-picture evolution of my life. But as I watch my son grow, I see the parallels, the universality of life, forever unfolding before me. If you ever feel lost in your quest for clarity, look to those you hold most closely to you. "They" will show you everything you need.
Shaun, like his mother, doesn't like to be told what to do. He, like his mother, needs time to connect with life and feels the demands of the world pull him away from that. As a result, he resists the demands without realizing that life without a certain amount of demands is uncomfortable as well. This is something he KNOWS, like his mother, but sometimes fails to remember when the demands of the day come knocking on his door.
Life is about balance; knowing your comfort zone and knowing when you must move past it; knowing your limitations and choosing to grow anyway. The trick with demands is knowing how to present them, to the mind and into our lives. We CAN choose to create demands that bring us joy, things we want to do, love to do, instead of things we "have" to do. Balance is found in the process of learning how to know the difference.
Namaste!
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