Today, the weather is grey and overcast with rain threatening. We need rain as we are experiencing a water shortage so I am hoping the skies will open up and the rain bucket down, but it also means the building has stopped, ground to a halt. The roof was to come off today and the new work begin; but not to be. *sigh* In fact postponed now for a week, as the roof carpenters have been re-assigned to another job.
As I sit here in my front room office facing out the window I can feel the gloom of the weather, that stillness just before a storm breaks. Every now and again a wind blows stirring the still but then diminishes and stops. It feels undecided; not sure whether to blow up a storm or blow itself away? Now the sun tries to shine and brighten the gloom, but it too fades and is gone all within a second. Nothing can happen, it is a waiting game. Waiting for the rain to come and then go; waiting for the carpenters to come back, waiting for the roof to come off and the new works begin … waiting. There is nothing I can do to change the pace of today but surrender to what is and what will be. Surrender to the stillness, surrender to the here and now.
The rain has started, the stillness broken by the sound of it falling and the smell of damp upon the parched ground. The rain will pass, and building will commence … all in the fullness of time.
For now however, today provides a nice reminder of the work of Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) and finding joy in stillness and the present moment. He has a wonderful quote on his web site: “To meet everyone and everything through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. I can call it stillness, but it is a jewel with many facets; that stillness is also joy, and it is love.”
Visit: www.eckharttolle.com
