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Daily Question, June 24

What is the next right action?

  • Mary Pat
    To not take on anything new. For years, all of my adult life, especially the past 30 years, I have not taken time for myself, to do what I know needs to be done. Cleaning out cabinets and drawers is so much more than that, and I intend to not take anything new on in my life until my "house" is in order. That includes my inside house, as well as the one we live in. I am starting to remind myself of this every day. Now that my health is better, and I am recovering, it is my chance to do this and...

    To not take on anything new. For years, all of my adult life, especially the past 30 years, I have not taken time for myself, to do what I know needs to be done. Cleaning out cabinets and drawers is so much more than that, and I intend to not take anything new on in my life until my “house” is in order. That includes my inside house, as well as the one we live in. I am starting to remind myself of this every day. Now that my health is better, and I am recovering, it is my chance to do this and I am on my way to put it into practice. My kids are going to help us by moving a few rooms in our house around to make it easier for us to exercise. That is huge! So after the cabinets are cleaned and organized, and that last closet is cleaned up, then, and only then, will I take on another volunteer job. OH! And I promised myself a one day a week off from anything at all. It is a day I will leave the house to have tea, get coffee somewhere, walk or go for a hike. But I won’t be at home. That is important!

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  • Malag

    Walk the dog

  • Ose

    Something came to my understanding, which induces the next right action. It is that for the sake of freedom of the ones who might feel caught by my clinging and for the sake of freedom in general, including mine also, I let go. I accept. May it help transform what needs to be transformed. May what is worth staying stay. May His Light and Love guide. For this I pray.

  • Dusty Su

    Literally. Move to a new-to-me rented room tomorrow after five months of living with lovely, but young and chaotic hordes of people, pets, and odd hours filled with mess, noise, and comings and goings. May peace, love, quiet, creative spaces, nature walks, and good supportive conversations ensue in a safe space that holds me wonderfully until I leave Australia again.

  • Viv

    This feels not easy but being kind to myself while stuck in quarantine. Which means looking at the negative self talk and then talking back to myself in a kind and accepting way for all the things I’ve done that are hurtful.

    • Holly in Ohio
      Hello Viv. Would you judge me if I were you? Would you be kind to me, forgiving, and help me? Please be at least as kind to yourself as you would if you were me or someone else. We have all done hurtful things. Hopefully, we learn and grow, are forgiven, and let some unpleasant things rest in the past. I have counted as my friends a few people who were once prisoners of war or in internment camps. I sometimes wondered how they could let go of that and move forward... and become such loving...

      Hello Viv.
      Would you judge me if I were you? Would you be kind to me, forgiving, and help me?
      Please be at least as kind to yourself as you would if you were me or someone else.
      We have all done hurtful things. Hopefully, we learn and grow, are forgiven, and let some unpleasant things rest in the past.

      I have counted as my friends a few people who were once prisoners of war or in internment camps. I sometimes wondered how they could let go of that and move forward… and become such loving and gentle people. It taught me that we are capable of a lot of growth in our lifetime.

      You are on the right track, Viv. You deserve kindness. I wish you success in your endeavor.

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  • Don Jones

    Creative expression.

  • EJP

    Believe.

  • Varsha

    My next action would be to take responsibilities of my career. So far I have always be a go-with-the-flow kind of a person. Now seems like a time I should start looking deeper and make sense of my work life to be able to bring it all together

  • The next thing I should do is leave my comfort zone. I have been unfocused on my life for the past 3 yrs I guess. Now, the right thing is to take action and responsibility of my life. I should stop pleasing people and not live a life according to their expectations. I should make more friends. I should work on my mental health.

  • BasicMarsh

    To be here now.

  • Lauryn

    Giving my partner space and stepping away.

  • Toni

    To look into life insurance so that my burial is not a burden to my loved ones. Recently two people I know died penniless recently without a will and without money in the bank. Both died suddenly and young. I thought I was responsible but when I witnessed the above I see there are areas I need to take care of so I don’t leave loose ends when my time comes.

  • Linda

    Acceptance.

  • Debra

    The next right action for me is to let go and let God direct me in allowing my kitty to transition. She has been a blessed joy in my life and I need to honor her in life and now shortly in death.

    • Michele

      My thoughts are with you as I am approaching this too. I have a vet appt later today and am anxious for what the outcome will be.

    • sparrow

      This is a hard thing to do,
      dear Debra…
      I’ve done it many times
      and it never gets any easier.
      My heart is with you
      and with your beloved kitty
      with love…
      sparrow ♥

      • Debra

        Sparrow, Thank you very much for your understanding and support.

  • sparrow
    Word for the Day… Acceptance anchors us so that we might focus on the present rather than endlessly drift in a sea of wishing, dreaming, and pining for anything other than what is. Rose Zonetti Today’s Word struck me between the eyes this morning, as I was treated to a very unpleasant ‘wake up’ that I took quite personally . . . the incident set me off on a wishing, dreaming, pining avenue that I have not visited for a very long time, but it came back, just to remind me it ...

    Word for the Day…
    Acceptance anchors us so that we might focus on the present rather than endlessly drift in a sea of wishing, dreaming, and pining for anything other than what is.
    Rose Zonetti

    Today’s Word
    struck me between the eyes this morning,
    as I was treated to a very unpleasant ‘wake up’
    that I took quite personally . . .
    the incident
    set me off
    on a wishing, dreaming, pining avenue
    that I have not visited for a very long time,
    but it came back,
    just to remind me it was still here,
    and available to me
    any time I wanted to sit on my pity pot.
    Thanks to the Word,
    I have been able to return my focus to what is present
    now.

    Daily Question…
    What is the next right action?

    to accept and not dwell . . .
    to remind myself
    what I have to be grateful for,
    and not play into a game I’ve long since grown out of.

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  • Howie Geib
    What is so is that I am a bit lost, a bit fractured. Weakened by doubt (a common occurrence) fatigued by ennui born of a general disappointment with, well, almost everything concerning myself. Nothing specific mind you, no ‘workable’ condition. Malaise. And as somewhat aggravating and annoying it is to not have an ability to simply look up at an equivalent of a weather vane to see what and where to turn, I am on familiar ground. And finding myself here, again, I am relieved to know that far ...

    What is so is that I am a bit lost, a bit fractured. Weakened by doubt (a common occurrence) fatigued by ennui born of a general disappointment with, well, almost everything concerning myself. Nothing specific mind you, no ‘workable’ condition. Malaise. And as somewhat aggravating and annoying it is to not have an ability to simply look up at an equivalent of a weather vane to see what and where to turn, I am on familiar ground. And finding myself here, again, I am relieved to know that far from desolate this is deeply verdant.

    The next right action is to turn off the technology and write.

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  • Nelson

    I’ve been listening to a lot of Mel Robbins and the 5-Second rule. Applying it to work and working toward my goals. I’ve been getting more attentive to the tasks I’m resisting, which underneath, I’m just procrastinating on. But I know very well those are the exact tasks I need to do, like getting on the phone for example. So paying attention to how I feel, and discerning the real reason for resistance, has been leading me to the next right action.

  • Carol

    1. Show Up.
    2. Pay attention to what has heart and meaning for you.
    3. Speak your truth without blame or judgment.
    4. Be open to outcome, not attached to outcome.
    Angeles Arrien
    I’m struggling with acceptance and found the quote above helpful. Today’s question refers to “right” action. That just brings me to compulsive doubting. I prefer Toltec Wisdom’s emphasis on always trying to do my best and that can vary from day to day. Sometimes, I trudge.

    • Holly in Ohio

      I find that sometimes before I can accept, I need a loud tantrum.

      Expression matters, too, dear one. You have every reason to be frustrated, angry, grieved. Sometimes it helps to let it rip!!!

      I’ll listen.

      love ya.

  • Neil

    In order to ACCEPT we must learn to SURRENDER our individual expectations, outcomes, agendas, perceptions…EGO. For me this is the next right action and a lifelong pursuit.

  • Holly in Ohio
    I also found the quote of the day and the daily question to be an interesting juxtaposition. "Acceptance anchors us so that we might focus on the present rather than endlessly drift in a sea of wishing, dreaming, and pining for anything other than what is." ROSE ZONETTI I find this very earthy. And it reminds me of not one, but two quotes from Emerson: The first is about acceptance: "Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks conti...

    I also found the quote of the day and the daily question to be an interesting juxtaposition.
    “Acceptance anchors us so that we might focus on the present rather than endlessly drift in a sea of wishing, dreaming, and pining for anything other than what is.”

    ROSE ZONETTI

    I find this very earthy. And it reminds me of not one, but two quotes from Emerson: The first is about acceptance:

    “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”

    Ralph Waldo Emerson

    The second is where I find the right action of today:

    “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.”

    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

    I don’t have any lofty right actions at the moment; just daily habits. I’m off to the farm to sow. It’s work. I don’t always feel like going, but I will go because it is right action. Acceptance is, this life may sound romantic from the outside, but sometimes I get bitten by something that itches intensely for a week, often it gets hot and I get dry, sometimes the amount of work seems daunting, often my hands or feet hurt from the work. However, it IS the right action. As will be coming home and then working on the house and getting my family fed and letting my teenager know I am interested in his interests and I love him, and my husband, too, and painting the walls some more. An ordinary day.

    The best book about Zen that I ever read was not about Zen at all, but about tea (The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo. One of the concepts it taught was that it is possible to have, “Too much tea.” Without saying it directly, it showed with clarity that it is possible to be too heady, too spiritual, too Zen. Real Zen is here and now. It is in the practical. It is in the annoyances as much as in peace. It is in having too much stuff as much as asceticism and detachment. It is in existence.

    So I’m off to the farm now. Have a great day!

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