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We are all a little crazy

I was sitting in the bus today and there was a lady talking to herself out loud. She was very passionate about what looked like she was arguing for in her conversation. People around her kept silent but I could sense the uneasiness in the space. Then an older man stepped into the bus and sat next to her. After a while he noticed that she was talking to herself and he started making fun of her in front of the other people on the bus. Then he started interacting with the lady! And the lady told him that he was crazy!

There is a section in Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth" where he writes about a woman talking to herself out loud on the train. He had followed her when she exited the train and discovered that she worked in a building of a very prestigious company in London. So the moral of the story is that we all talk to ourselves, and some of us have the monologue on loud speaker, like that lady on the bus. What is the conversation you have having with yourself right now in your head? We are all a little crazy and that does not exclude you.

Who do you think you are?

Someone I spoke with today was dealing with a physical issue regarding her teeth, and she was really down about having to do what her dentist advised her to do. What I got out of the conversation with her was how self absorbed I get about my physical condition - how I look, my weight, my height, my hair, etc. - and how I sometimes associate my looks, my body, as who I really am - when really, it's just the shell. If you were to cut me open you wouldn't find ME. And it gets really distracting sometimes. Like sometimes I am too busy paying attention to how I look that I miss out on being fully present with someone I really care about. Where do you think you miss out when you have your attention on yourself?

I am attaching a really great photo I took when I was walking along the lake front this weekend. It's a golf course right on the lake - and the way the sun was hitting the trees was spectacular, almost haunting. It was one of those moments when I really got present to the Divine. I hope you enjoy the photo.

Manic Monday

I am moving really slow today. Too many vodka sodas last night. I got to hang out with my mom though, which was cool. She is so much fun! We went to a friend's place to celebrate their wedding. One thing that I noticed today is that people have been canceling with me all day. I wonder what that's about? Who am I being that meetings and events don't happen? I think I am being uncertain...hmmm..maybe...I don't know.