31st August 2024
We have enough worries for the week, the weekend is here, Leave the worrying for Monday & enjoy the weekend.
I love this Zen parable I read recently:
‘A woman is being chased by a tiger.
She runs as fast as she can, but the tiger is catching up.
She comes to a cliff and sees some vines hanging over the edge, so she climbs down them, knowing that the tiger will not be able to follow.
She looks down and sees another tiger waiting for her if she falls. She looks up at the hungry tiger above and notices a small mouse gnawing away at the vine she is holding onto.
She looks ahead and sees a bunch of strawberries in front of her on the cliff face. She picks a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly.’
This is a slightly dramatized version of our life.
The future is always uncertain—filled with the large, scary tigers of impending doom, or the tiny, annoying mouse threatening to derail your plans.
But there is always joy to be found in the present—the sweetness of that perfectly placed strawberry.
A reminder going into the weekend: Find your strawberry, live in the present, embrace the sweetness.
You can deal with the tigers on Monday.
Stay blessed forever.