Being Present

This was another regular day of just quietly doing the "next right thing", the simple task right in front of me. I exercised, went grocery shopping, meditated and worked on our gardens, a very contemplative activity. I was conscious of an internal voice that said I should be doing more. In the words of Kornfield, "When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment This is the beginning and end of spiritual practice." He goes on to say, "As we stop the war, each of us will find something from which we have been running -- our loneliness, our unworthiness, our boredom, our shame, our unfulfilled desires." In my case it was impatience and a desire to be accomplishing more.