"When we think that something will bring us pleasure, we don't really know what will happen. When we think something will give us misery, we don't know. Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all." -Pema Chodron-
In this moment of transition I am trying to embrace the emptiness that is in front of me by not filling it with stories about what would bring me happiness in the future. Emptiness is scary because we are always told to have a plan with a well defined direction to head in. I am constantly being asked what my future plans are; where I will be living, what job I will have, how I will get around without a car. As the list of questions gets longer, the realness of the empty space in front of me grows stronger. I don't know the answer to any of these questions. What I do know is that whenever I fill this empty space with stories, I start living fictive situations in my head instead of being present for what is manifesting itself in the present. Living today based on ideas of what will make me happy tomorrow has never led me to truth. These elaborate plans of what true happiness will look like blind me to the beauty that is right in front of me now. Free yourself of these stories and live what makes you happy today. Our future is built from all that we do today, so if we live today well, then tomorrow is bound to be wonderful.
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