Cup of Zen

The world does not change for you. You change the world for you.

When there have been at least three consecutive days of rain, the majority of the population begins to get cranky. You find yourself saying, “No not today.  It’s raining,”  no matter what the activity is. The poor rain gets such a bad rep. I always say you need both rain and sun to make a rainbow.  The thing is rain is not good and it is not bad.  It simply is.  We are the

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ones who give it a value and let it dictate our choices and actions.  We are the ones who assign connotation to anything and everything.  Things simply are what they are. We make the choices, not the environment around us.

Tomorrow morning when you wake up, simply say to yourself, “Today is.”  That’s it.  Today is.  Accept what the day has to offer and if you it’s good for you embrace it. If it’s negative, accept it and just say no thank you.