The dirt.
The weeds.
The rain.
The sun.
The moon.
The rain.
The seasons.
The bloom.
In then garden that is your story, it all belongs.
Ashton.Gustafson
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
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Books of the Summer
Everything gets better when I read. My awareness. My marriage. My health. My joy. My energy. All of it gets an uptick in a better and more beautiful direction.
Here’s a few of the books I’ve enjoyed over the last couple months.
You may recognize the author, Dan Barber, from one of the episodes of Chef’s Table on Netflix. You’ll find it packed with incredible stories and if you’ve never awakened your inner foodie this will do it.
All too often we hold on to our yesterday’s and prematurely jump into our tomorrow’s. Rob wonderfully unpacks just how electric our present moments are with the wonder and awe that we are truly after. Rob joined us earlier this year at Let The Music Play Podcast to talk about How To Be Here.
You know the world isn’t flat and, hopefully, that finding meaning isn’t linear. But wait until you learn about consciousness.
Becoming Wise – Krista Tippett
Krista’s work at OnBeing is truly one of my most cherished gifts I’ve experienced over the last few years. In Becoming Wise she takes the gold gathered from many of her interviews over the years and couples it with her insight and personal alchemy. Krista, from all of us, thank you.
Present Over Perfect – Shauna Niequist
From the author that brought us Bread and Wine, comes a lovely memoir that is mapped full of roads to more peace, fulfillment, and simplicity. PS – She may be joining us at LTMP Podcast soon.
Enjoy.
Ashton
It’s free?
Yes.
Free.
Everything you truly want is free.
Make your list: peace, joy, hope, love, wonder, awe…really, what more could you ask for?
And if there is a cost, the cost is simply the work of becoming aware of where the ego needs to be silenced or pardoned.
Are you willing to let that go to find everything you’ve ever wanted?
Here and Now.
Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend. Eugene Peterson
Wonder and awe is typically found in our own front or backyards. You realize that’s what we truly want, right? More than retirement, more than five-star hotels, more than fame, more than a following, and more than whatever you have currently prescribed as your life’s Z-Pak. We want to experience our days wide-eyed and wowed at the beautifully webbing and interconnectedness of it all.
And you may not even need to go that far. Chances are such wonder and meaning is probably just as thick in the room or situation you find yourself in.
If, and only if, you are with it.
If our presence is a choice, so is our meaning.
The Fork In The Road.
A + B = C
or
A + B = See
These are your choices.
You can force it to all add up and line up or you can take it all in and enjoy.
Don’t be so hard on yourself.
#LookAroundLookAround
Ashton.Gustafson 