"Where ever you go, there you are." This has long been one of my favorite quotes. It is from an old sci-fi movie, Buckaroo Banzai. Great film as an aside, if you have time to just sit back and laugh a bit. So there I was, wandering the bookshop and what should my wandering eyes find, but a book with that very title! So, naturally, not being an implusive person at all I bought it.
This little volume is essentially a book on living meditatively. It is not a book that is full of humor. But it is a book that divulges a sense of what it takes to have humor in your life. The idea is to take the time to just invest in living, now, not yesterday and not tomorrow.
What strikes me as particularly odd is that I think I needed this book at this time. Not that I usually spend my time dwelling in past or future tense. If you have read much of this blog, then you have probably gotten a blast or two on this note already. But I have let myself slip into this sort of glazed over and wistful contemplative place that doesn't really allow for forward momentum. Which sort of brings me to the point of this post today.
I believe we attract people, and even books, into our lives that help us learn what we most need to learn to grow. Not all of the lessons are pain-free. Life is not a thorn-free rose garden. Yet we do have all of these wonderful opportunities to learn and to grow around us each day. It is in being mindful and awake to these that we find we are most fulfilled. I guess I believe this because I believe that growing is a natural part of the cycle of life and that when we cease this activity we can sense that we are unhealthy. And when we are unhealthy it is very hard to feel happy and fulfilled.
So, where ever you go, there you are. And where ever you are, opportunity beckons. Just open your eyes. I guess we don't really need a book to tell us that.
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