Month: March 2021

The future is twofolds. It’s something that we can plan for, and something that happens on its own.

We can plan for what we want to buy, where we want to travel, and the events we want to celebrate. But there’s a hidden reality to the future.

It comes with its unknown–its own sort of chaos. We don’t know if what we buy will be broken when it arrives, or if the place we travel to will be safe, or if the events we want to celebrate will go as planned.

What the future holds is a mystery. There is only so much we can plan for, since everything that is planned comes with its own uncertainties.

Time is something that there seems to be so much of. We take it for granted, live as if there is an abundance of it which will never be exhausted.

But who knows how much time we have left, or what setbacks will keep us from accomplishing our goals. Each day that we ignore our goals or waste our time on trivial things, we lose a resource that will never replenish–a resource that will eventually run out on us.

Time is something we have no control over. We cannot fix the mistakes of the past, nor can we redo days we have wasted or missed opportunities. We can focus on the present and the future, utilizing the time we have the best that we can. There’s so little of it anyway.

When I write, the process often feels like I’m in a state of mediation. It’s as if my mind is completely laser focused on one thing while everything around me is silent and still.

Writing brings serenity to my mood, and takes me down a path like I’m hiking on a trail through a forest. I know there will be hurdles and difficulties along the way, but there’s no time pressure or anxiety while I’m writing. Sure, there can be frustrations, definitely during the editing process, but it never feels like I’m wasting my time with it. I know that I’m accomplishing something–something I can look back on as a kind of reflection of my thoughts and ideas.

To meditate is to concentrate, to focus, and to block everything else out. When we write, it does the same thing, only its aim is to put words on a page. The same could be said with art in general: painting, music, sculpture, etc. When we create something, we mediate on an idea, vision or sound, which brings peace within us.