To the Great Unknown or whoever is out there:

Okay, so I am finally willing, albeit kicking and screaming, to enter the 21^st Century.  Somewhere while I was out being with people, transforming the world, people began facebooking, internetworking and tweeting.  I have tentatively dipped my toes in the water here and there, but seen the virtual world as far less appealing than the world of whoever is in front of me in this moment.  I humbly admit my error (might want to catalogue the date on this admission, given that I stink at admitting wrongs – a life lesson I apparently came to get work done on).  I now see that there is value in staying connected, revealing and working to serve people utilizing whatever mechanism I’ve got handy.  I’m sure many of you know that I can be stubborn and a little hardheaded at times.  Well, after a recent verbal clobbering by my husband and a good friend, I am launching a commitment to begin a blog.

 

There is a certain amount of narcissism that seems to accompany facebook updates and tweeting and I’ve found it hard to understand why anyone would want to know what I am doing at this moment or what I am thinking.  I imagine that everyone is very busy living their own lives – too busy to stop and read, “I’m just focusing on taking ten breaths right now between my three careers, kids and husband.”  But so be it.  I subscribe to some blogs, receive words of the day and teachings from various centers and gurus and find myself looking forward to discovering the truth of a distinction in my own life on any given day.  So I am venturing into this unknown, willing to throw the virtual doors open, share distinctions I am wrestling to hold and those that seem to slip out of my grasp.  I am willing to share what I think I have attained, but clearly acknowledge that it is illusory.  I am willing to share my falls and what I blew – if it can open up possibility for another person – even one; well then my humility will have been worthwhile.

For now, in this moment, I am getting to practice presence.  It feels as though much of the world is running around like chicken little, insisting the sky is falling – Dow Jones, whatever.  Hats off to Oprah, here is what I know for sure:  there is the same amount of money in the world that there was this time last year.  We all have the same amount of time as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Einstein or Thomas Jefferson.  It is simply how we relate to it.  If I am focusing on what might happen tomorrow or an hour from now, I am not present.  If I am agonizing about what I did to piss someone off six month ago, I am not present.  And the present is the gift I’ve got – pure, blank and ready to be filled by me.  I invite you to be with me in the here and now.  I invite you to share with me your thoughts, successes, wrestlings and joys in living a transformed life.  I invite you to open the door of transformation for someone else in your life – give them a book, enroll them in the Intro, take them to see the Secret.  Be present for them.  Thanks for being present for me in this moment.

In peace and love,

Lynne