There are times when it feels like everything is conspiring to snap me like a rubber band. When we are in a hurry it seems like everything around us is moving at the speed of the slowest turtle in the race. It seems that every weekend the DC Metro System is down, delayed or just not running. It should not come as a surprise, but for some reason today I did not expect it to be as delayed. Train after train passed by, but none were going in the direction that I needed to go, and I could feel the zen slowly slipping away, and the anger surging from deep within my core. I took a second to go inside, to shut my eyes to the time, to disconnect from my sense of needing to be anywhere but where I was in that moment, and allowed myself to breath. Over the years, I have found that the Divine is a trickster of sorts. We are given these mini tests or quizzes and allowed the opportunity to connect to our divine self. Most often times we are so worried about the external world, or caught up in life’s dramas that we don’t see the havoc that is being caused internally. When we allow our external world to manipulate us into a feeling of off balance it causes a rapid downward spiral. One negative emotion usually inspires another. Many of us are patterned into this way of feeling and reacting to our external environment. Many of us do not even breath, it is almost like a waking apnea. Focusing on the breath, each inhale, and exhale is a way of disconnecting for just a moment. Sometimes even just a few seconds can give us clarity.
