A friend of mine introduced me to morning meditation a few years ago, and since then it has been one of the most important activities that I do every day. I tend to be an over-thinker, someone that can go off on a mental tangent for long distances if left unchecked. The morning meditation helped me to balance and center myself before I start my day.
Lately I have been engaged in a number of projects with my work, perhaps too many for my own good. I find that I cannot wait for the next morning to meditate and clear my head, so rather than dine al desko for lunch like I typically do, I would instead take a physical, mental, and spiritual break from work to refresh myself and start the afternoon anew.
As 2008 approaches, we are faced with another milestone where we can refresh ourselves. But it’s not necessary to wait for the new year, or even for the new day to start fresh again. The new dawn can start in our minds whenever we need it. We don’t have to let the calendar or even the clock dictate when we should start fresh and anew.
I’d like to share a quote from Kisshomaru Ueshiba, who was the son of the founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba. This quote is what I use to help me with my meditation:
The egoless self is open, flexible, supple, fluid, and dynamic in body, mind, and spirit. Being egoless, the self identifies with all things and all people, seeing them not from its self-centered perspective but from their own respective centers. In a circle of limitless circumference every point becomes the center of the universe.
-Kisshomaru Ueshiba, The Spirit of Aikido
译文:
把握时光
消息来自：Joka 2000年
几年前我的一个朋友介绍我每天早上进行沉思，从那时起早上的沉思成为我每天必做的最重要的事之一。我想成为一个非凡的思想家，就是那种不受时空限制的触及精神的遐想。早上的沉思能使我在开始一天的工作前思想达到平衡和集中。
最近我在工作中负责大量的项目，或许对我产生了太多的好处。我发现有时我不能等到第二天的沉思来清理我的思绪，于是我就在午餐时进行，中断工作进行一次包括身体智力和精神上的重新更新从而为开始下午的工作做好准备。
2008 年就要到了，我们面临着一个新的里程碑，我们可以重新开始更新自己。但是不一定非要等到新的一年的开始或是新的一天的来临再去更新自己，我们思想的新起点可以从任何时候开始，只要我们需要。我们不必等到日历或时钟来规定我们什么时候开始更新自己。
我想和你们分享引用自Kisshomaru Ueshiba 话，他是合气道创始人Morihei Ueshiba 的儿子。这个方法帮助我每天的沉思：这种无私的本身在身体、思想、精神方面是开放的、灵活的、柔软的、流动的、动态的。无私的本质就是识别各种事物和所有的人，看待他们不是从他们共同的核心而是从各自的核心。在一个无限的圆周里，圆周上的每一个点都变成了宇宙的核心。
-Ksshomaru Ueshiba， 合气道的精髓