SIT #297-2026 Feb 17

Back to the office this morning.  Felt a little slow to get up and missed my exercise routing first thing out of bed.  Today the DC was all about creativity and how sitting still in practice can release your creativity or help you break through a creative block that you are suffering from.  The ability to let creativity go gives you the ability to let it flow.  The DT today was about working in practice to get in the middle.  Not in the past, not a second in the future.  Just in the middle which is here and now and with acceptance of all items going on now.  I always like strengthening my equanimity skills.  The DJ was all about sharing your happiness.  The only way to keep Joy is share it.  There was a teacher that put her student names each on their own balloons and let the balloons float around the room.  She then asked all the kids to find their balloon with their names on it.  Chaos ensued as the kids scrambled around tripping over each other looking for their names.  After 2 minutes the teach asked them to freeze and put up your hands if you have your balloon.  Only a few kids put their hand up.  She then asked them to let go of all the balloons and go back to their desks.  She then scrambled the balloons all around and then instructed the kids to grab the balloon nearest to them and give the balloon to the person who’s name is on it.  In a quarter of the time of the first exercise the kids all had balloons with their name on them and there was no chaos.  The feeling in the room was happy and accomplished.  If you think of the balloons as happiness then as you can see, giving it brings it.  I liked all these practices today. @Calm www.Calm.com