Quest for Bearable Lightness of Being: Eva Luna's Day

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Eva Luna's Day

Today is Eva Luna's mastectomy day.

Today is her first surgery.

Today.

Dear Universe,

Please send only positive thoughts, blessings and no sudden insurmountable surprises.

Thanks,

Filoli

13 comments:

los cazadores said...: I'm lighting a candle for Eva Luna.

Cindy; April 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Julie said...: Thinking of her...and you.; April 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Kat & Stacy said...: I've been meaning to say thank you for sharing this story and for helping to get this important info out there...

I have both you and Eva Luna in my prayers...; April 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Tim said...: Luck! Hope! Comfort! Calm.; April 2, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Anonymous said...: Sending love and good thoughts and healthy juju your way (for Eva and for everyone supporting her); April 2, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Julia said...: You and Eva Luna are both going to look back and laugh, soon.; April 2, 2009 at 5:21 PM
Adoption Cubed said...: Thoughts are with Eva Luna and all that hold her close.
Rebecca; April 2, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Christine said...: Keeping you and Eva Luna in my good thoughts.

Christine; April 3, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Claudia said...: I will be praying for you and for her (and for the rest of the family). Hold tight.; April 3, 2009 at 5:17 AM
Confessions said...: Oh thank God, finally! I'm so glad she's having surgery. I will be praying.; April 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Lost in Space said...: Sorry I'm late getting here. I hope everything went well. You all are in my thoughts......; April 3, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Trishie said...: ((())); April 4, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Gretchen said...: Sending calm and love your direction- and hoping everything went as well as it could....; April 5, 2009 at 7:23 AM

Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness

Our true home is not in the past. Our true home is not in the future. Our true home is in the here and the now. Life is available only in the here and the now, and it is our true home.

Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives. You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life. There are those of us who are alive but don’t know it. But when you breathe in, and you are aware of your in-breath, you touch the miracle of being alive. That is why mindfulness is a source of happiness and joy.

Most people are forgetful; they are not really there a lot of the time. Their mind is caught in their worries, their fears, their anger, and their regrets, and they are not mindful of being there. That state of being is called forgetfulness—you are there but you are not there. You are caught in the past or in the future. You are not there in the present moment, living your life deeply. That is forgetfulness. The opposite of forgetfulness is mindfulness.

Mindfulness is when you are truly there, mind and body together. You breathe in and out mindfully, you bring your mind back to your body, and you are there. When your mind is there with your body, you are established in the present moment. Then you can recognize the many conditions of happiness that are in you and around you, and happiness just comes naturally.

Quest for Bearable Lightness of Being

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Eva Luna's Day

13 comments:

Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness

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