What's good for the goose........

"Desire creates the power." 

~ Raymond Holliwell

One of the responses to my story about Great Grandma's roasted chicken was "cute story". Another one was "funny!"

While the story is both, there is also a powerful message in it for me.

As I am making my way through my course on Mindfulness, I find myself constantly re calibrating my thoughts and thought processes.

Last week, the course spent a lot of time on the difference between mindfulness and mindlessness.

Guess which one has been my modus operandi for the greater part of my 63 plus years on this Earth.

With that said, I had a lot of help developing this mindset.

Religion, school,family community, friends, colleagues and associates all contributed to my forming this very closed off, walled off view of life.

My thoughts and thinking are a direct byproduct of my associations and experiences. So are my values and my judgments. Everything is colored by my own perspective and perception.

So just let go!

Easier said than done,but I am working on it.

I have no idea what it feels like to be a gay man.

I have no idea what it is to be a person of color.

I have no idea what being a good Christian is .

( I have enough issues with the concept of God. I can't imagine dealing with a Holy Trinity!)

I am not a woman.

There are many things that I am not. What I am is myself, with my own set of values norms and beliefs.

That does not mean that I can't be open to the idea that others have their own perspective views and ideals.

Being open to accepting that without judgement or an opinion is being mindful.

When I filter others based on my perception is when I am being mindless.

Contrary to popular belief,what's good for the goose is not necessarily good for he gander.

Let the goose be a goose and the gander be a gander.

When I do that, then I am being mindful!

Shavua Tov!