When I awoke one morning last week, my mind was ruminating about something that had happened the day before. ‘If only’ ideas crowded my thoughts. If only I had done this or said that…I was caught in a loop.
To clear my mind, I headed to my favorite wildlife garden and began to walk. As my anxious thoughts slowed and began to dissipate, I noticed this beautiful hooded merganser quietly floating in a pond.
And I wondered if she ever fretted.
I suspect animals don’t have ‘if only’ thoughts. They simply live moment by moment guided by their intuition, unaffected by their past, no thoughts of the future. And I’m a bit envious.
Will Rogers once said, ‘Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.’
I believe he and the merganser are on to something…
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