Enjoy The Sunshine

"Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine."
William Feather 1889-1981, Author and Publisher

A truly remarkable morning. Such brilliant sunshine and early morning warmth. Before looking at today's quotation, I just had a thought about yesterday's quotation. We discussed how we might think that something cannot be done and then prevent anyone else from doing it (to prove ourselves right). This Dog-In-The-Manger dynamic also plays itself out internally. It's called a limiting belief. You will do anything to sabotage yourself from achieving what you think cannot be done.

I work in the area of risk management, so I am instinctively drawn to contingency planning and preventive measures. But is there a danger of missing out on the now, by continuously being focused on the if and when? I guess the trick must be to fully participate in the present, while still preparing for the future. Perhaps the concept of full participation must include planning. Part of the benefit of having lovely sunshine is that it puts you in a resourceful state of mind - excellent for basking and daydreaming, and excellent also for planning.

There are many angles to this, but the one that strikes me is our old friend gratitude. You can want and plan for new acquisitions and experiences, but you must be grateful for what you already have. In a pseudo-metaphysical way, gratitude creates the space for more to enter your life. It also represents a focus on what you value rather than what you want to avoid. And we tend to get more of what we focus on (positively or negatively). Not necessarily by some hocus-pocus mechanism, but by simply being transmitted into feelings and actions that lead to results.

So I enjoy the sunshine, am very grateful for it and expect more of it in the future, probably by taking appropriate actions (e.g. going to a sunny place :-). But I take a few minutes out to set up some rainy day insurance.....