Being Enough

In her book, “Being Enough” Sister Chieko Okazaki says: “We’ve considered having enough power and enough love, and each of us has exactly the same amount of time in every day: rich or poor, married or not, sick or well, we each have a steady succession of minutes and hours making up each day of our life. And the worst thing we can do is to give away the time by living in either the past or the future because there’s not one blessed thing we can do to alter the past or to make the future arrive any faster. The way to have the most possible time is to live each moment as fully as we can, being completely present. If we are talking to someone, let’s listen with our full attention, not with half of our mind planning what we’re going to cook for dinner. If we’re giving someone a hug, let’s rejoice in the embrace. If we are to enjoy life, now is the time – not tomorrow, nor next year. The best preparation for a better life next year is a full, complete, harmonious, joyous life this year. Today should be our most wonderful day!”