What would you rather do?

the chilly pond!

It is testing to meditate twice a day!  I have been looking at the things which stop me meditating and wondering if it is just a question of finding excuses not to take that time to be still regularly.  The two of us are in a good position now to meditate regularly and yet there are occasional lapses.  We are retired and most days are uncluttered by having and needing and doing and going.  We get to choose how our time is spent and we are pretty disciplined, after all, we have been meditating now for 40 years.  We nearly always complete our two half hours each day unless…..something gets in the way….. and I don't think that happens to a real meditator .  I don't believe that a Swami doesn't meditate because he thinks he is a bit fluey or a BK because they are involved in grandchildren's early rising.  Nor do the committed get tripped up by party mentality, by too many people around all waiting for dinner, twinkling glasses and candles spelling out fun.  The compelling nature of life is what stops us when we don't do it and now it is summer again and as both of us have been under the weather we have been a bit flaky about early rising.  

Here and now, I put on record that I will try to rise early again and I mean to swim again too in the chilly pond! with the tadpoles and the one newt….but will it be tomorrow? Will a little frost put us off? Watch this space!