tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post1748270674825002400..comments2008-07-05T04:54:40.081-06:00Rick Hamrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089rick.hamrick@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-82335992926962659052008-07-05T04:54:00.000-06:002008-07-05T04:54:00.000-06:00Oh man did I need this reminder. It is so easy for me to simply "check my energy" in the morning and make a decision about the entire day.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01307762555108511788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-20402802716559275162008-07-03T07:01:00.000-06:002008-07-03T07:01:00.000-06:00I'm familiar with this concept under the words: You can start your day over at any time. I love the reset metaphor and the drawing and am going to check out the rest of this guy's work. Really great posts, Rick.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12153878171712341666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-57543924507986753552008-06-30T01:25:00.000-06:002008-06-30T01:25:00.000-06:00The Gift of Now! And what a gift. This post has given me so much food for thought. Thank you, Rick for your always provocative posts. I am grateful for you (and Chani) who help me to expand my thought processes, who see through to the quick of things! <BR/><BR/>I am finally going to bed here, late Sunday night (early Monday morning). We spent all day in Seattle, mainly to escape a hothouse here in Olympia. We've never had air conditioning. Today, however, we stopped at Costco Federal Way, Costco Olympia, and Home Depot Olympia and came home with a portable air conditioner. LoveHubbie Mark set it up and collapsed into bed to enjoy it. I am SO on my way there, perspiring in the middle of the night. <BR/><BR/>It cools one room of our house, but we can sleep. Sigh! Such bliss!<BR/><BR/>Peace and joy and cool nights,<BR/><BR/>OOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058356843151306428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-19489997538223373092008-06-29T05:48:00.000-06:002008-06-29T05:48:00.000-06:00O, I think your description of the sometimes-difficult choice one makes to reboot one's computer is a good analogy to what can happen in our lives.<BR/><BR/>Once you get so tied into a story, be it for the day, the week, or your entire life, you can have a great deal of ego-self tied in, as well.<BR/><BR/>Just as you don't want to reboot if it means you might lose something you have been working on, your ego will not want you to push your imaginary human reset button for exactly the same reason!<BR/><BR/>And, when you refuse to back down to ego's warnings of the dire consequences in letting go of your story and go ahead with your intent to push Reset, letting go of it all, you get exactly what you described, Olivia: the gift of Now.<BR/><BR/>For me, some days it is like the actor who becomes so caught up in his role that he forgets it's a role! He is living it, not acting. When I get too caught up in frustration at how my day is going, I can completely forget that it is *my* day, and I get to choose how to feel about it! I can, though, toss the script away and ad-lib some smelling of the flowers or staring at the clouds, imagining they are all huge sailing ships at sea, or just sitting quietly for a few minutes with absolutely nothing on my mind.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for pondering with us, O!Rick Hamrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-65050596495254677012008-06-28T21:46:00.000-06:002008-06-28T21:46:00.000-06:00I like the idea of a reset button for the day. This can be a great way to get us to wipe away the past and be really in the moment, really present. <BR/><BR/>I am thinking here about Chani's comment and your response. I'm wondering why it can seem difficult. In computer world, we reset when we just can't take it anymore and we're willing to take a break, lose some of our work, and start over. Or when things freeze up and we have no choice--to go on we must reboot. <BR/><BR/>I'm trying to apply this to the real world, but striking out. What do you think, Rick?<BR/><BR/>Peace and rest, <BR/><BR/>OOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058356843151306428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-18256696771539165092008-06-28T08:14:00.000-06:002008-06-28T08:14:00.000-06:00Chani--thanks so much for stopping by!<BR/><BR/>One note: who is it, exactly, that decides it is a difficult choice? Is that the final answer, as the game show host asks? What if it only seems difficult until one blows the facade away and discovers there is no real difficulty, only an unwillingness inside to turn the ship around?Rick Hamrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-28447070209724355112008-06-28T07:37:00.000-06:002008-06-28T07:37:00.000-06:00I agree. It is a choice. Sometimes it's an exceptionally difficult choice to make... but it is a choice. :)thailandchanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.com