As I sat down to meditate the other day, I set the intention of meeting this moment.
I love that expression, “meeting this moment”. It is a call to the present, echoed again and again by teachers of mindfulness. I can even hear the voice of Jon Kabat-Zinn, with his distinctive way of lingering on the word “moment”, as if to savor it, then drive it home.
And what a moment this is, with coronavirus transforming our lives. It has both captured us and captivated us, stripping us from the richness of our interactions with art, music, sports, work, religion, and culture, but most of all, from each other.
How do we meet this moment? How do we maintain calm and adapt to this new way of living? How do we see this moment for what it is – a challenge that peels away the inessential and brings us closer to our truest selves. A moment that maybe brings out the best in us. Can we use it to dig deeper? I am taking this moment to breathe in the goodness of our lives with gratitude.
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