The Dude Abides

Tonight I watched one of your favorite movies.  The Big Lebowski.  It did my heart good.  Not because of you, or memories of you but because of the lessons in the stupid movie.  I love this movie because it's so multifactorial.  You can take it at the base level stupid funny or you can see into it deeper and one of the most important points I think is at the end where The Dude is talking to the narrator and he says "The Dude Abides".  Some people just think it's a cool/fun statement but it's so much more. To abide means to "accept" or "act in accordance with".  So what The Dude in essence is saying is he accepts or acts in accordance.  It doesn't matter what happens, how much crap goes down, he accepts it and acts in accordance.  This is the zen life I strive for.  I don't control the crap that falls on me.  It's not mine to choose what happens and what doesn't.  It is simply mine to accept it and to live accordingly such that I am fulfilled.  So tonight, as I think about you, the things that went down and the crap I was dealt, or that I myself dealt; I find comfort knowing that I, like The Dude, can simply abide.