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Relatively early on Christmas morning, I drove the three hours from central Maine to Dorchester, just south of Boston, where Joy lives. The entire ride I was aware of an unusual courteousness on the roads. People were signaling, not cutting people off. I wondered whether it was my imagination. Turns out it was not, others noticed the phenomenon. By that evening, the driving and the drivers were back to normal.
I wonder why, if we are able to do something for a few hours, and we are,
we choose not to do it for a few lifetimes?
The Buddha used to say that there were seventeen million mind moments (17,000,000) every second.
Isn’t it amazing what can happen when we grab on to one of them and make it more significant?
Violence, damage, rudeness, inconsideration, greed, urgency, “stress,” pressure, scarcity, fear, doubt and contention
or
Peace, tranquility, consideration, beauty, dignity, grace, loving-kindness, joy, gratitude, hope, intention and integrity.
How is it possible that we can create such wildly different things in exactly the same situation or circumstance?