So today was a mixed day...I woke up very anxious....got a late start, many random errands in the morning, then a phone call from my aunt asking me to make dinner for my grandfather, more errands, some procrastination on the computer... still very anxious and then came the golden tweet.
The perfect words at the perfect time that sent my day in different direction:
"The cultivation of joyous effort will combat laziness and distraction."- Dalai Lama
Sharon Salzberg happened to tweet this...I happened to read it because I just started following her yesterday on twitter. And something clicked. A light bulb went off in my head...It radiated through all of my feelings of anxiety and depression and eclipsed my proclivities towards procrastination ...
And I pulled it together. I had a wonderful dinner with grandpa. And then I did the formerly unthinkable... I began to read the chapters for my impending anatomy exam.
And I read, and I took notes, and I actually become interested in trying to understand all the ridiculous minutiae... And I did all this despite the fact that my grandfather has the television volume set at blaring, because he's 92 and refuses to get a hearing aid, god love him.
Anyways, I'm veering back into procrastination territory with the length of this post... So I will try to return to my joyous effort...
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