Letting my compass guide me

Sometimes I am clouded by society's measures of success: having more money, bigger house, exotic travels, younger body and all of the material matters you or I can name. I continue to seek my way out of the clouds through meditation, my yoga practice and returning to my values, most especially faith, family, friends and health. In my practice today, the image of an inner compass guiding me to contentment was present in every breath. When I focus on my breathing and notice the inhalation, the subtle pause and the exhalation, the peace that is within becomes ever present. The idea of following my compass, perhaps a metaphor for following the Holy Spirit dwelling within, in order to balance my life between earth's realities and heaven's graces, I am allowing the compass to create the path of balance. Today, I felt contentment as lightness of being, literally lifting me into heaven while being fully grounded "rooted" to earth. What earth represents I will describe as my basic needs of food, shelter, meaningful work and what heaven represents I will describe as quiet, peace and contentment. My compass pulls me into a balance between earth's call to focus and work and be productive and heaven's call to live with grace and in peace. Perhaps the enlightenment for today is that bringing the grace and peace to my daily work has created contentment beyond all measure. My compass is guiding me in every moment to grace and contentment