The Hebrew word “hevel” means vapor or smoke. It is translated in the Book of Ecclesiastes as “meaningless”. It can also mean “breath”. It is a word to get me through the day—especially during my commute to and from work.
I live in a region where people stop, rather than yield, at round-abouts, drive in the passing lane regardless of speed and whether they are indeed passing, fail to comprehend the zipper rule for merging, and…well, I need the word or concept of “hevel”.
I carry a spray bottle in the car for hevel. I am trying to make a habit of spraying a mist to remind me to breathe; to let it go because it is all meaningless. It is all hevel. It seems to help. (Though it takes a conscious effort to pick up the bottle and spray.)
Hevel is, to me, the Universal Christ. It is the very concept of Spiritual well-centeredness. It is the positive energy that we can choose to let flow through us and from us. It is our interconnectedness. (Or it is the negative energy we choose and our disconnectedness.) It is letting go of that which imprisons us Spiritually, Physically, Intellectually, Emotionally, and Socially. It is freedom. It is grattitude.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!