Consequences II

It is often the tragedies in life that help us evolve into better beings.  After I lost my job, life was kind of scary for a day or two.  As Sy and I began to develop a business plan for our new business, we settled down and laid the groundwork for the rest of our lives.  It has been a liberating experience for us that will allow us to shape our destiny.

Many spiritual traditions teach that endings are also beginnings.  We see in nature as nothing is wasted.  When life ends it recycles into nutrients for new life.  In life it is the same.  The loss of my job has opened up new opportunities that otherwise might not have been taken.   But with endings and beginnings comes change and learning.

When you have the security net of a regular weekly pay check it is easy to get caught in the pay check to pay check rat race.  It is easy to get caught up in the drama of day to day life.  In this state it is near impossible to live in the moment and be mindful of our thoughts and actions.  The resulting actions and consequences can cause suffering and further cycles of bad choices.

After the liberation of losing my job,  I find I have time for things like meditation, yoga and reflection.  I find that I am less stressed and angry.  I find that I can balance my life out instead of dedicating so much time to the corporation to go nowhere.  With this liberation came a wake up call to clean up the rest of our lives.

Sy and I have been fiscally lazy over the last years.  With the creation of our new business, and with the realization that we and we alone are responsible for our fiscal well being, especially without the security check each week from the rat race job,  we had to account and reign in our fiscal laziness.  It has been difficult, and we may lose our house, but it sets us on a path to a more sustainable and financially sound life.

There are other areas of our lives I could discuss in much the same way.  Sy and I are both stubborn.  Especially when it comes to communicating with one another.  Since I have lost my job,  we have had to work on our communication.  We communicate better now than probably any time in the last five years.  The trick is to be mindful of the moment and then the next.  If we get caught in the drama of the past and the worry of the future, then we aren't living right now.