Yesterday my 15-month-old daughter was brushing my hair with her soft little baby brush. After a while she said "Mommy?" in a way that could have meant, 'are you still there?', or 'pretty hair means mommy then, right?', or 'what do you think of your new style?.' It was one of few times when I found myself actually living in the moment - a state of mind that no amount of meditation or yoga has ever induced. And you have to be, with kids, in the moment, because no matter what you turn around and they're not 15 months anymore.
So in appreciation for the way children bring out the here and now in even the best of us, I intend to watch The Empire Strikes Back this weekend for a little immersion in Jedi wisdom. I recommend you do the same. And until then -- we can ponder an admonition from Yoda, the most venerable of Jedi masters and a teacher for the times:
"A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things."
May the force be with you...
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