Pause Press

 I go outside to exercise I set my timer for the exercise.  But I have city crosswalks with stop lights and traffic.  I used to walk way early in the morning dark when there was no traffic and lights were on yellow blink.  But I prefer prayer, meditation and reading early in the morning rather than fit it into my later part of the day.  It frustrates me to have to stop at a light and hit the pause button.  Why frustrated and irritable?  because I do not accept life as it is where I live, lots of traffic.  People drive.  They don’t use ferries, trains and buses to get in and out of town for work or whatever.  So the pause button tells me how I am doing on my spiritual practice.  Acceptance, life as it is, out of my control, means I am in a a good space.  And there is always the gym.