The best way to get where you want to go is to be right where you are. Everybody knows that, but sometimes a reminder is helpful. Again, for most of us the logical challenges can come right up with a statement like that, running along the lines of "If I don't plan and figure things out, how will anything ever get done around here?"
Our logical minds can definitely have a hard time dealing with paradoxes. The thing is, reality isn't bound by logic. It just is. Science will keep trying to measure and predict, how things are will keep on being how things are, and this will often perplex our ability to predict and control through logic. In this case the truth is, being exactly where we are, with all our senses focused precisely on what's in front of us right now, is a good way to feel calm and happy. And it's also the best way to get anywhere. If we need a rational explanation for that, it may have something to do with being "right here" enough to see things for how they are gives us greater ability to act appropriately. When our minds wander off, we deal less with reality and more with fitting things into what we imagine as a path to some future desire.
I like this article by Tara Stiles, for the Huffington Post. Especially the phrase: "The best way to get where you want to go is to be right where you are."
I had a big Crohn's flare up Tuesday night as I was worrying about getting everything ready for the holiday dinner. Everything turned out wonderfully, and I had so much help. I really didn't need to worry, but the worry is what made my disease flare up, not the actual work.
