Proportionality

It is wise to honor life's sequence of reality moments, much in the same way we conduct or play a piece of music. Attending to the complexity of rhythm, including giving careful attention to the rests so that they have their fully intended durations, their values.

Our breath, our reality becomes skewed and distorted when we hurry some passages, give into the temptation to repeat especially enjoyable or easily played passages, or skip yet-to-be-mastered sections.

Melody becomes disjunct, disjointed--a song interrupted. And then, in our panic and anxiety we lose harmony, blurring the tonalities with poor pedaling. The piece of music that is our breath huffs and puffs and loses its clarity.

But, like the pianist who stays centered and reflective, who pays attention to his breathing and disallows the momentarily bruised ego of a bad performance to draw him into a retreat of denial, we each can regain our rhythm. We can listen for the melody of life until our song is heard again.

Through practicing proportionality we can bring our harmonious being into full sonority.

Today, slow your pace, listen to your inner music, allow time for the rests; sing the song of this moment.