The exercise:
Choose a cd at random. Now pick a track at random. Use the first line of the song as your starter and go from there. Go where? Wherever it leads you.
How I chose mine: I grabbed the six most recent cds I've been listening to and put them out in order. I rolled a dice to decide which cd to use, then rolled it again to decide which half of the track listing to choose from (even roll = first six, odd roll = last six), then rolled it one last time to determine the track.
Mine:
Johnny Cash - The Best of Johhny Cash - Home of the Blues
Just around the corner there's heartache. This life holds no guarantees. Just because you're happy, fulfilled, loved today doesn't mean you won't be miserable and alone tomorrow. Anything can happen, and it often does.
So savor the happiness and the good in your life, appreciate it fully. Never take joy for granted, don't expect the ones you love to return the favor, but instead be grateful when they do. The present is here and now, breath it in deeply. The future is not promised to you.
That doesn't mean you should grasp and cling to the good and flee from the bad. That's a perfect recipe to drive away happiness and fill your life with gloom. Rather the ideal is to appreciate and acknowledge your blessings and to learn and grow from the lessons your troubles are so eager to teach you.
Zen Buddhists have a saying which encapsulates this idea beautifully: keep your highs low and your lows high. Don't get too caught up in the good, for it is fleeting. Don't obsess over the bad, for it too shall pass. Appreciate. Learn. Live.
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