This morning at the end of meditation, I invited ease and presence into my day.  Being open and vulnerable.  Coming to the day and each of my encounters with an unprotected heart.  Being fully present to the one I face—which would be me most of the time. 

What would it be like to move through this day without the sheath of judgment, or identity—or at least with as thin a sheath as possible?  To choose in the moment to be as aware of my energy as of my goals.  To keep my awareness expanded rather than shrunk to the size of a pea-sized thought —or several pea-sized thoughts in the pod of “Should.” 

When the contraction happens, relax.  Open up.  Breathe. Come back to here and now.  Release my automatic grip on future and past.  Not grab onto negative thoughts blowing by like debris in the strong wind.  Close my eyes right where I am.  Root in my Source. Breathe in and out deeply and slowly.  Fall back into my heart.  Bring my mind to rest in my heart.  More breaths.  A kind of calibration. 

Ask for guidance.   Then proceed. 

Today, I may need to do that often.