Fulfillment Is Much More

To alert you that you have allowed yourself to be taken over by psychological time, you can use a simple criterion. Ask yourself: Is there joy, ease, and lightness in what I am doing? If there isn't, then time is covering up the present moment, and life is perceived as a burden or a struggle. . . . As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love -- even the most simple action. ~Eckhart Tolle

After seeing the movie "Hotel Rwanda" the other night, I'd say Paul acted out of care and love, risking his life over and over, but I'm pretty sure he perceived the butchering of family and tribe as burden and struggle. All said, he was certainly in the moment . . . of decision after horrifying decision. I didn't see joy, ease, and lightness in what he was doing during the genocide of about a million Rwandans. He honored the present moment, but unhappiness and struggle hardly dissolved. Fulfillment is much more than the above quote indicates. ~jpc