Making a Choice Every Morning

When I wake up I sometimes get on my IPad to see if I have any emails and then look around the Internet for who knows what.  This is unsatisfying.  In contrast, when I meditate before doing anything else, my day gets jump started.

Today was one of those days when I started out playing with my electronic toys.  However, having some insight into my state of mind, I realized that over the last few days I had been feeling vague around things.  This is never a good sign.  So kicking and screaming I found a 12 step phone meeting at 9AM to put some definition to my actions.  Since I picked this meeting randomly, I did not realize that this was a mediation meeting.  As part of the meeting I mediated for a half hour.  In the midst of the quiet I imagined myself up in the sky in a beautiful land where everything felt wonderful. I looked down at the earth through a hole in the cloud.  In that second, I realized I had a clear chose every day to be part of life or just be on the sidelines.  If I chose life, to stay in life, I need to stay in the moment.