"Unease, anxiety, tension, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future and too much presence. Guilt, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence." - Eckhart Tolle----------------------------------------------------
Murphy's Law challenges the virtues of being mindful and in the present. Today, I would gladly take a little more past or future and a little less present! I awakened to find that my catheter had failed and I would need to change the linens. I stripped the bed and Rebel, our mineature dachshund, wanted to go outside - immediately.
As I rolled to the laundry room with bed linens and wet clothes, he sat impatiently by the front door. Upon returning to my room to throw on some clothes so I could take Rebel outside, I narrowly missed the "gift" he deposited behind my wheelchair. As I cleaned up that pile, he squeezed out another deposit that my wheelchair found.
After taking the little sweetheart outside, I returned to the laundry room to find that the spin cycle on my washing machine wasn't working and the blanket I washed from my last catheter mishap was floating in soapy water that would not drain.
Next on the agenda - cleaning my odorous tire tracks from the carpet between my room and the living room. Rebel was in the kitchen pointing toward his treat container as I'm muttering "I don't think so!" Welcome to the present!
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