Calendar Girl Blog: Be Zen

I've been carrying a butterscotch candy around in the bottom of my purse for about a year now. It's well past the point of looking attractive or even being edible. But that's okay. I'm not much for butterscotch. And besides, this candy is far more important.

Yah see, my lump of sugar was blessed by the Dalai Lama when he was in Toronto last spring. My yoga instructor Jackie attended a week long meditation retreat with him. She brought the blessed candy home to me.

Shortly after getting the candy, I entered a contest and won a martini making kit. The contest question was,"Who has the most auspicious item in their purse?" I whipped out my candy to gasps of awe and walked away with the bootie.

Since then, I notice my 'blessing in a wrapper' every once in a while when I'm looking for a pen or my nail clippers. But, yesterday, somehow, someway the candy appeared on my office floor. It had escaped my purse.

I think the candy has something to tell me.

Right now, I'm going through a buyout on a writing contract I've held for two years. It's new terrain for me and I'm trying to find my way through the male aggression, single bottom line business speak and hold onto my values. I'm also trying to use grace as my approach. I'm also traveling through a health issue that leaves me exhausted and shaking. And, I'm about to launch the fifth Breast of Canada calendar.

One of these issues would be plenty.

This morning, my mentor reminded me to Be Zen. Last night, my yogi friend Jeff said, Be Zen. And yesterday, the book I'm reading called Coming To Our Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn suggested, Be Zen.

Could the candy be the forth messenger of the same message?

Be Zen

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