T Minus 3 Days

This Thursday begins 108 Days. I think that there are a few people following this blog, even if it can be intimidating to comment, and so I intend to post regularly in the hopes that it can be of some benefit. Maybe others will join me here, maybe only in the shadows, and maybe not at all. In any case, I am happy to embark on this adventure of meditating every day for 108 days, and so off we go.

I have apprehensions about my ability to do this without fail, not least of which is the fact that my two small children wake up sometimes very early. Lately, the littlest one, Sol (2 years old), has several times come into the room where I meditate, no more than two minutes after I sit down at 6:45am. As you can imagine, two or three minutes after that, there is no longer even the possibility for me to focus on my silent meditation. I wrap it up, and have Sol fold his hands with me for a dedication. I do hope that in the coming 108 days, when this happens, I will be able to find the time later in the day to meditate.

Of course, everything we do can be transformed into its own meditation, and I do my best to make this happen in my daily life as a mother, as well as when wearing my other hats. But my personal goal is to sit in silence on the cushion every one of 108 days, for a minimum of 20 minutes, in order to deepen the experiences of calm abiding and insight. Like you, I need to make changes in my life so that this can happen. When I think about it, 20 minutes is a very small piece of a day: considering all the things I do in the space of 24 hours, there is surely a 20-minute period that is free, or at least that would be better spent meditating. But the conditions need to be put in place, and that is an effort to be made on my part.