I really enjoyed reading this (rather than watching it). Your honesty is humbling. I feel that it’s good to reclaim the word “ordinary” meaning regular or customary rather than poor or second-class. We’ve been wrecked by notions of being “special” or extra-ordinary; being present, mindful and accepting to me means embracing the ordinary. It’s the same as accepting ourselves as we are, present with our community, without having to stand out, or be the best, or even noteworthy. Just being is enough.
Thank you - I'm glad to hear it resonated, and wholeheartedly agree about the value of the ordinary. I was just chatting to someone else for a podcast, and he shared a nice metaphor - if life (or practice) is drawn like a wave form with peaks and troughs, there's a lot more attention generally given to pushing up peaks, whereas "filling in the troughs", as he put it, is a way to be more functionally present.
I really enjoyed reading this (rather than watching it). Your honesty is humbling. I feel that it’s good to reclaim the word “ordinary” meaning regular or customary rather than poor or second-class. We’ve been wrecked by notions of being “special” or extra-ordinary; being present, mindful and accepting to me means embracing the ordinary. It’s the same as accepting ourselves as we are, present with our community, without having to stand out, or be the best, or even noteworthy. Just being is enough.
Thank you - I'm glad to hear it resonated, and wholeheartedly agree about the value of the ordinary. I was just chatting to someone else for a podcast, and he shared a nice metaphor - if life (or practice) is drawn like a wave form with peaks and troughs, there's a lot more attention generally given to pushing up peaks, whereas "filling in the troughs", as he put it, is a way to be more functionally present.
Exactly!