As you know I don't like computers in general. My friends, two of which I will not name pressure me to own things like iPhone's and headsets to speak into. I am resistant but I'm giving it a try.
This morning I'm actually dictating this so maybe I'll see that it's fun and start doing it more often. We will see.
I hope you are well and survived the holidays. Isn't it amazing that the holidays are meant to be a time of rejoicing when mostly it is a time of stress and overspending. Why have we been conditioned to think spending is the way were supposed to create an economy? Whatever happened to creating and manufacturing or living off the land in a balanced way? We have lost our way, we are a world of insanity. We are like gerbils on a treadmill, and endless running to nowhere. We have been conditioned to think that we are our material selves. And that is all that is important. It creates separation from our heart, from each other, and from the greater world.
This is what I walk into each morning.
To the east the Sun is slowly rising, it is cold and clear and beautiful. I walk into the barn and am greeted by many faces with anticipation. The ducks are quacking, the roosters crowing. This morning like many mornings I say, "Good morning everyone!" Straight ahead of me are cows and goats all waiting for attention. There is Armella, an adult Scottish Highland cow with large horns and long hair overlapping her beautiful eyes. Next to her is her calf Eldora, another calf Brighton, an almost full-grown steer named Guenter, and two goats, Chloe and Lamont. Their faces are filled with peace and love in the moment. They remind me what is important. They have no worry, no stress, no doubt. They do not care what others think. They just want their daily bread. And as I spend time with them, feeding and watering them they reflect back to me what I truly am, which is love just like them and I am grateful. That is my daily practice. I have been doing this twice a day for nine years. And it never gets tiring, it's just a practice. Hauling water, feeding hay and shoveling manure in the moment. At times what becomes overwhelming is the responsibility but all I have to do is spend time with them and they remind me what is important. I see the beauty of them as a reflection of the beauty of myself, there is no difference. I am truly grateful. In this New Year be grateful for what you have and who you are. Stop running. Look in the mirror, forgive, love and say I am worthy. There is nothing to fear.
Enjoy your day :) Love Steven
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