Do’s and Don’ts for these unusual days
Do’s and don’ts are best learned at the same time. My mom so often told me what not to do followed by what I should (or
Do’s and Don’ts
could…or she’d like it if I would) do. She ultimately told me do’s and don’ts are opposite sides of the same coin.
This morning while writing in my prayer journal I thought of Mom and how she’d deal with the situation these days. (Is it a crisis, a tragedy, a disaster, an ordeal, a problem? Situation satisfies me.) I could clearly imagine Mom pointing out things we should not do and the opposite things we should do instead.
Remember, please, the several ‘do’s’ staying home allows.
Do’s and Don’ts for “these days”
Here are 6 of each:
Don’t think about all you can’t do.
Do think how many things you can do.
Don’t wonder or worry how long this situation will last.
Do be thankful it’s now one day less.
Don’t focus on what you miss.
Do find pleasure–no matter how simple–in what is present.
Don’t watch the news nonstop.
Do watch just enough news to know enough.
Don’t bounce among all the bad stuff.
Do single out and appreciate one good at a time.
Don’t put a cloud over your silver lining.
Do let sun shine wherever you want it to. (It will!)
A prayer for all the things to do, with some attention to things to don’t
Good friend God, the blessing of so much we can do
and the power you give us to choose what we don’t do
are key to successful movement through these times.
For every action we might not perform
there’s an even better one to enjoy.
Each moment of distress we can look beyond
is matched by one that thrills us to the core.
Steering clear of bemoaning what we think we lack
takes us straight to the consciousness of all we have.
Thank you, Good Friend, that we see the great difference
between the 6 we easily don’t
and the 1/2 dozen we are glad we do.
We thank you, God. We thank the Christ Spirit that fills us.
And so it is. And so we say Amen.
Love & Blessings,
10 April 2020
In: Happiness, Inner Peace, Peace, Prayer · Tagged with: Grounding, Mindfulness, Prayer, spiritual simplicity
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