Why Re-Enchanting Moments?

Well, to start, I don’t do the re-enchanting. The moment does!  To me, they’re already enchanted, and it’s about noticing them as such, orienting to the possibility, allowing the moment that exists to feel enchanting to you.  And… you have (or can cultivate) the ability, in any moment, to enchant your experience.

Each moment is an opportunity to try again.  Sometimes with overconsumption it feels like, “Oh, fuck it.  I’ll try again tomorrow.”  I’ve done my fair share of that.  But I always feel better in the next moment and the next day when I course-correct, when I moment with awareness, intention, and en-joy.  

The, “Ooooh, fuck, yeah…” that comes with tuning toward dynamic equilibrium is so satisfying.  Water after coffee.  Silence after a music binge.  Stretching after sitting.  Practicing the Buddha smile after frowning in consternation at the screen.  Apple cider vinegar after too much chocolate.  A deep breath (pretty much anytime!)

Being caressed by The Cosmic Joke.

Sometimes trying again is surrender – *not* giving up, but accepting what is.  Or perhaps it is giving up, but giving up the illusion of control.  And in the surrendering, a not-trying can happen…

Sometimes trying again is doing the same thing, like learning to do a handstand, and pausing to re-center, re-focus, giving it one more go.  These moments are all we have.  Each precious.  Each the currency of our lives, the current in which we live.