A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

The only problem we ever have with now is that it is not about us as we are defined. We are defined by our fears and our maddening resistance to change. That is the problem with now. The problem with now is that it requires thoughts outside of ourselves. Imagine it is not about you. What would now look like when we acknowledge that it is not about us? The problem with now for many of us is that we do not see NOW we see past. NOW is when we need to ask ourselves, "What does the past have to do with today?" The problem with now is that it requires that we look at ourselves for cause and not blame or depend solely on others that we feel are different than us, obligated to us, or most comfortable to us. We drive through life most times viewing the things and people around us as the cause of what is wrong with now. We put them as a problem in the view scope and as the object in front of us. We grab blame energy instead of motivation and inspiration from things. We trip over the...

I saw a message from a friend that required a bit of my life's learned philosophy to be considered and so I shared the following (that starts after the line) with her in reponse. Today, as I remind myself of how deeply connected people are and how the experiences of life can be so similar for many of us, I also decided that I needed to share this philosophy in a blog with the rest of you. Essentially, this person nicknamed "Young Lotus" was having some "confusion" with the false values and "constant pretending" of people. My response to anyone faced with this challenge with the dramatic and less than authentic is below. Remember it is not about the situation.It is about how we skillfully and spiritually respond to the challenge others present us with. All is well :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ This makes perfect sense to me. As we become more conscious of to whom we belong and why we are here, ...