momentous
mō-mĕn′təs
adjective
Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence.
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
A few days ago my morning started as it always does. I woke up because for various reasons my body decided it was time to wake up. On this particular morning my reaction to waking up was one of pleasant expectation. It varies depending on the quality of my sleep, the nature of my dreams, and the weather. The mood being appropriate, I set out doing the morning rituals with energy (not always the case). These rituals include getting my self started on the day’s journey and attending to Her Most Royal and Beloved Majesty, Brown Dog. Of course she has her own rituals as well. A quick(?) timeline of the morning:
- Wake up
- My ‘Behind closed doors’ stuff
- Bribe Brown Dog to take the medication she is currently taking
- Turn on the computer, and make sure all the tools I am likely to use during the day are current and functioning
- Stimulate my mind a bit (translation … play some games)
- Notice Her Majesty is demanding my attention, meaning it is time to give her a Dental Chew, one of the collection of goodies that qualify as Doggy Crack
- Enjoy watching the dance of pure pleasure Brown Dog performs when I give her said yummy
- Go back to what I was doing
- Notice Her Majesty is demanding my attention, meaning it is time to go out on the deck with Brown Dog so we can “meditate” together
And so the post actually begins …
I have seen the view to the left countless times. I have take hundreds of photos of that view …so many that I thought there was no point in taking any more.
EPIPHANY
Stillness does not exist. Every aspect of EVERYTHING is in constant motion. On a macrocosmic scale everything is constantly moving, even if from a local perspective it does not seem so. On a microcosmic scale the ‘stuff’ that everything is made of is always in motion. Stillness does not exist.
What follows from this is that we can never view something the exact same way twice. Thus a new photo would be a NEW photo. Our perceptions might not agree. And so we limit ourselves.
PERSONAL STAGNATION IS A STATE OF MIND
If everything seems stale and repetitive, that is because we choose to perceive it as so. But it can’t be. So we need to change our perception. How? Embrace the moment. I’ve said it before. The past is past, unalterable. The future is a shaping idea, not realized until its moment comes. THIS moment is the only real truth.
All of this hit me in a glorious moment of release. Suddenly all that went before was gone from my awareness, and the yet to be was … well … yet to be. I simply breathed in THIS moment, and it was pure bliss. Then I took out my phone/camera/whatever the hell it is and took a few NEW (new New nEw neW) pictures. The two above and a couple of Brown Dog’s
MOMENTOUS DECISION
Do I lie down?
Yes. I do.
The only thing that creates equivalence between THIS moment and THAT moment is that we will be inevitably faced with a choice. The choice may be to simply be or not. Or maybe it will be more involved than that. Every choice we make determines the qualities of the next moment. This ultimately means that
EPIPHANY GROWS
EVERY choice we make is the most important decision of the moment. In other words, it is a MOMENTOUS decision in the purist sense of the word. The very NEXT moment is determined by what happens in THIS moment. This is a basic fact of existence ( at least if we have a linear view of reality. It could be that all these moments happen simultaneously, but that does not really change what I am saying here).
SIMPLIFY
Embrace THIS moment. Make MOMENTOUS decisions. Find the inherent peace and joy of doing so.
