Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration
The focus for today is: We are all caterpillars in the process of becoming butterflies.
The following is shared from the book: Build A Better Buddha:
Imagine a caterpillar gradually transforming into a butterfly. Does the caterpillar work to make this happen? Not exactly -- not unless you want to consider a caterpillar just being a caterpillar work. If you simply be who you are, do what you do, then you are already well on the way to realizing your caterpillar self as a butterfly.
Maybe you are still busy "improving" yourself. That's one of the darkest clouds in the sky of authentic self-perception to be sure, so take your time. The various paths of spontaneous perfection aren't going anywhere. For the time being, you have simply yet to realize a caterpillar, just as it is, is already just as good as a butterfly.
Want to discover what your most effective "meditation" or "practice" is? You need only look to those things in your life that you already enjoy. Look to those things you do just because.
Today's Focus was inspired by the InnerSelf.com article:
Question? Exclamation! The Best Meditation is No Meditation
Written by James Robbins
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf, wishing you a day of enjoying the process (today and every day)
Join me again tomorrow for the Daily Inspiration and focus of the day.
Today, we remind ourselves that we are all caterpillars in the process of becoming butterflies.
About The Author
Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.
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