Random acts of kindness
The way the world is going is towards, actually, a good place much to the surprise of those of you who read the news so often. Go looking for a hypodermic needle in a haystack and you might find one, but trying looking for the sun’s golden rays reflecting in the straw and bingo, you should call yourself lucky just for looking. There are enough people recording the evils and wrongdoings of the world, someone needs to focus on the good – balance – om.
A friend recently sent me this YouTube video – unlike the double rainbow acid out of his mind guy, this one is subtler and put a smile on my face. A guy finds a roll of film – how quaint – and decides to find the photographer who is more than likely European.
I have a pair of pajamas a friend gave me a million years ago, they have camera and film all over them. Tin always plays with the buttons and looks at the images and I tell him, “You will most likely not even see a roll of film in your life” as film like corded telephones are vestiges of my past but not anyone who is young today.
In yoga the other night, I was lying there in savasana and Shantala was playing over Michele’s iPad in the dark space – I opened my eyes for a moment and saw the mural that spans the wall of this huge room and it almost appeared as if the mural went with the song, Purnamadah, so beautiful.
Today I saw four pelicans in the bayou so this is a 4-Pelican day – a day to practice a random act of kindness – even a smile to someone else could make their day.
OM – Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat purnamudachyate. Purnasya Purnamadaya Purnamevavashisyate.
meaning,
That is whole, this is whole, from whole comes out of whole. If Whole is subtracted from whole, still whole is left.