Living in the Question

"I have no idea what today will hold" I said to Diane. My uneasy feelings come through the phone. I usually have 'to do' lists and schedules of my every minute. Diane says, "It's all about living in the question. I don't need to know how this or that will work out because I am living in the present moment."

Not bad for two people who openly admit having control issues! We laugh aloud at the picture of us professing to be so carefree! If only we could be more like those folks who don't plan every minute of every day. We wouldn't have to question all the thoughts floating in our busy minds!

That all sounds so wonderful. So free and inspired then you walk into work and your boss asks, so which accounts will you close in 2010?" and, right now you aren't sure where or when you will close this month's business.

Yes, life is a journey with curves and, as my mom always said, "bumps in the road". She would make sure we left a few minutes early because 'you never know where the bump in the road will be'. Each day we get to reflect on our many blessings and realize that this is not a dress rehearsal. This is all we have; today is the present, the gift God has given us. We each have the gifts of life, love and laughter! We all won the lottery. We are all abundantly wealthy.

Put first things first! "Things which matter the most must never be at the mercy of things which matter the least." Goethe

So Diane asked, "What color is your question?"