{"id":22631,"date":"2024-01-02T19:04:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T02:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=22631"},"modified":"2024-01-06T01:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T08:09:16","slug":"when-you-chop-wood-chop-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2024\/01\/when-you-chop-wood-chop-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"When you chop wood, chop wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Somewhere\/somewhen I saw “when you chop wood, chop wood” as a “Zen” saying. It really hit home for me as in “stay in the moment”, “be present”, “keep your mind on your current task”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the same time, I read Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A favorite YouTuber, @BrennaLivingJoyfully ( Everything you wanted to know about my life | Solo Female Van Life – YouTube<\/font><\/a>) who does vanlife in Australia, recently posted a link to an Eckhart Tolle video that had a huge impact on me. I had read the one book (The Power of Now) but had never listened to Eckhart Tolle speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not the video that Brenna linked to, but it is a video that set up a resolution for me … hopefully not just for 2024, but for my life … the takeaway for me is not to engage in “everyone else is wrong and I am right” … and a rehashing of incidents that make me feel like a kind of victim … and\/or that I didn’t think up a zippy comeback to whatever happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*** The YouTube Share Embed link is not working for this video, but if you’d like to watch (listen … which I HIGHLY recommend )… on YouTube search “Eckhart Tolle Can We Trust Our Feelings and Intuition”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can We Trust Our Feelings and Intuition? (youtube.com)<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the video, Eckhart illustrates the power of just being and not “fighting back” as well as not calling a friend to rehash and get some sort of validation for our part in whatever incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have wasted many hours in rehashing … in having the rebuttal arguments in my head … over and over and over again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that I am now a little bit enlightened and at least aware so that I stop myself from this behavior. And also, from feeling “superior” for my supposed “rightness”. GAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have caught myself a few times since watching the video and while I hardly think I will be instantly perfect at letting go and staying present … I have seen glimpses of the peace that can come from not participating in rehashing\/replaying, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I catch myself going down a path of spoiling the current moment: the lovely walk with Emmett in the woods, play with Oscar, sitting quietly and watching it snow, enjoying my cup of coffee … I tell myself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“when you chop wood, chop wood” i.e. enjoy the beauty of now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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