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Daily Question, March 13

How can I live most fully today?

  • Zaina

    Number one. By planning my day. Otherwise time will be lost to distractions. Writing down my thoughts. Asking myself a few questions about my purpose. Realigning myself to this. Waking up early. And getting on with the things I have set out to do. Enjoying the process. Getting some fresh air, a beautiful scenery and some socialising with high energy individuals.

  • Malag

    Questions like this are a reminder to be present to be fully here. But I have to be gentle to nurture that. In comparison, force feeding fullness into the day is constricting.

  • Tori

    I can live most fully today by enjoying the life I live and loving and being grateful for all the moments with family and friends.

  • Kristi

    I can be present and enjoy this gift of life!

  • Peggy

    I picked up my frame drum…and drummed and dance and sang. I have not done this for AGES! Just for me and my pets. It was amazing!!

  • JDS

    Received my #2 vaccine today .
    I am rejoicing !
    Full of gratitude to science & the scientists !!

  • Don Jones

    By giving my whole attention to whatever turns up.

  • k'Care-Reena
    HOW CAN YOU LIVE MOST FULLY TODAY? By choosing love over fear. Showing compassionate and humor. Practice gratitude attitude and understand the truth of the Blame Game. I was. a person who would blame my circumstances on myself to the point of a diagnosis w/ Anxiety & Panic Disorder. Throughout my Self Discovery journey I understand now that "people do NOT KNOW what THEY don't know & its' not their fault". This allows me to have compassionate to others as well as have a respectful rela...

    HOW CAN YOU LIVE MOST FULLY TODAY?

    By choosing love over fear. Showing compassionate and humor. Practice gratitude attitude and understand the truth of the Blame Game. I was. a person who would blame my circumstances on myself to the point of a diagnosis w/ Anxiety & Panic Disorder. Throughout my Self Discovery journey I understand now that “people do NOT KNOW what THEY don’t know & its’ not their fault”. This allows me to have compassionate to others as well as have a respectful relationship w/ them. Just the other day my friends and I was so quick to judge a rude server, however I felt a yearning energy from her, she than begins to express how overwhelmed she is & taking care of everything. As we looked around we noticed she was the only server and there was a clear language barrier; now w/ the mask trying to understand someone without reading their mouth is difficult. I said “dang, we didn’t even notice she’s the only one working here, I feel bad”. My friend said “That doesn’t excuse her actions.” …I stepped back and was going to judge my friend however I realized again…. my friend doesn’t know what they do not know & can not be at fault, especially for not knowing something they do not know….you get it right. Go back and reread it again OUT LOUD
    But yea I choose LOVE over FEAR today and will attempt to EVERYDAY, who’s with me?

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  • Emily

    I can live most fully today by being fully present in the moment. Going to the Boxing Gym and put in 100 percent and more into Boxing, Going for a walk with a friend outdoors and completing items from my to do list.

  • Linda

    Enjoy my lunch with a friend outdoors, go for a walk in the spring sunshine, and tell my family how much I love them.

  • SK

    By appreciation. Waking up grateful is the best feeling in the world, let me not take it for granted.

  • Carol
    I will do my best to stay in the day,. I will use "I Am" as a mantra with no need to attach a label. I saw an Eckhart Tolle video this week. He suggested comparing oneself to a wave in the ocean. He said if the wave could speak, it might say, "I Am a Wave." because it does not realize that it is the Ocean." Today's quote will be my inspiration: "We must have the courage to live with paradox. The strength to hold the tension of not knowing the answers and the willingness to listen to our inner...

    I will do my best to stay in the day,. I will use “I Am” as a mantra with no need to attach a label. I saw an Eckhart Tolle video this week. He suggested comparing oneself to a wave in the ocean. He said if the wave could speak, it might say, “I Am a Wave.” because it does not realize that it is the Ocean.” Today’s quote will be my inspiration: “We must have the courage to live with paradox. The strength to hold the tension of not knowing the answers and the willingness to listen to our inner wisdom and the inner wisdom of the planet which begs for change.” I will do my best to stay awake and willing.

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  • Holly in Ohio
    I can live most fully today by being present and enjoying the day. Some of it will be spent thoroughly cleaning out my kitchen cupboards! I will enjoy that. I wanted to share with you something that made my day already, and I'm smiling as I type... I have a dear friend who is more like family. We've been friends at least 30 years. But he has some issues and sometimes he gets argumentative, and his friends, without exception, sometimes have to take a break from him and he is always saying...

    I can live most fully today by being present and enjoying the day. Some of it will be spent thoroughly cleaning out my kitchen cupboards! I will enjoy that.

    I wanted to share with you something that made my day already, and I’m smiling as I type…

    I have a dear friend who is more like family. We’ve been friends at least 30 years. But he has some issues and sometimes he gets argumentative, and his friends, without exception, sometimes have to take a break from him and he is always saying, “Now so-and-so isn’t talking to me.”

    Anyway, last year he started a garden and he got nothing. I mean absolutely nothing… stuff didn’t germinate. He has gardened in past years but never had much success, but last year was a phenomenal flop and its a shame because he wants to so much, and it connects him with his grandma and all the pioneer/homesteaders in his ancestry.

    So this last month I have been trying to help him through emails, to start seeds indoors… something he has never done before (it’s always been direct sowing or more often, buying plants at a nursery). And he has been getting increasingly difficult and argumentative and I thought I might have to stop for a while because he was getting snarky in every email. But yesterday, he must have heard me on some level, and he got less combative, and then… he saw the first germination. This morning he checked again as soon as he got up (which is a miracle in itself if you knew how he likes to sleep in), and he said he has lots of germination and then he used a word that I have never heard him use in 30 years! “I am so HAPPY I started seeds this way.”

    That made my day. This seems like a HUGE breakthrough and… the seeds, too!

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    • Howie Geib
      LOVE this story! I was a farm worker...and no gardener...great at compost but germination? not so much...and reading this I remembered the first early springtime I used a hoop house (greenhouse) and it even had a stove for the frosty nights...and I got biodynamic seeds with exotic sounding plants (of course not plants itty bitty teensy weensie seeds...like specs of fairy dust) and then, one morning, like magic...there were baby everything's....it is so cool when that happens and I am so glad for...

      LOVE this story! I was a farm worker…and no gardener…great at compost but germination? not so much…and reading this I remembered the first early springtime I used a hoop house (greenhouse) and it even had a stove for the frosty nights…and I got biodynamic seeds with exotic sounding plants (of course not plants itty bitty teensy weensie seeds…like specs of fairy dust) and then, one morning, like magic…there were baby everything’s….it is so cool when that happens and I am so glad for your friend and for you. Of COURSE I took ALL the credit…when it was, you know, GOD, and NATURE …..LOL

      thanks for sharing that story!

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      • Holly in Ohio

        I’m glad you enjoyed it! Isn’t it wonderful how growing things changes our perspective? I thought you would like to see, I just got another message from him.

        “yeah they are big now! lol I just bought more seeds and another tray. my parents said I could use the whole back yard if i need to. Lol I got watermelon, spinach, mustard greens, corn, and some other things. ”

        I am over the moon he is happy. It’s like a dam broke for him… certainly in a good way. 😀

  • Toni

    Yesterday a neighbor called and asked me if I’d like to take a walk. We did and walked much further than I thought I could. Today I will return the favor. Being outdoors walking and talking did me well. I’ve been isolated and homebound for some time. Fresh air, sunshine, conversation and movement is what I need to connect to the world today. I woke up thinking, “how can I make the most of this day?” So seeing this question made me feel connected already.

  • Patricia

    Showing up, listening, being kind and noticing who and what surrounds me…breathing and giving thanks.

  • Mike

    By making a list of the tasks that show I’m engaged in the welfare and the interests of my wife and family, and then making substantial progress in getting them done. – Also, having been raised Catholic, by returning to the sacrament of reconciliation, and by committing myself to Thomas Merton’s notion that we will never be anything but beginners.

  • Roy Howard

    I think fullness comes from the simple practice of mindful attention.

  • Ed Schulte

    ICHING 52 always serves as a solid reminder

    There is a higher vantage point available to you, but it is obscured by the visible peak of personal ambition.
    To climb to this higher plane, you must shake off the desires and fears of the conscious, visible world around you.
    To make this journey you must quiet the ego, empty your mind of past and future, and dwell totally in the moment at hand.

    Thorough mindfulness of what is before you is the only tranquility.
    Be. Here. Now.

  • Michele

    Today is a day of relaxation for me. I’m grateful that it is the start of a 3 day weekend for me. Today is the 4 year anniversary of my mom’s passing. I will be thinking of her a lot today and make a donation in her memory to one of her favorite charities – Best Friends Animal Society. I have been donating to that organization on her anniv. and on her birthday to Siamese Rescue Ctr.

  • Trish

    I’m with my academy peeps all weekend (via zoom). Saturday is a long day: 8:30am-9:30pm w/ two breaks. So….I plan to really listen & engage with the beautiful people around me & the Holy Spirit to guide me. I’ll also consume vats of caffeine & get outside during a break. Good stuff!

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