These luxurious mornings. Up early, thanks to the #globalnow brain. I awake. Morning coffee ritual. I grind the beans today, the ritual changed due to mispurchasing whole beans. It keeps me aware.
I walk the dog. The Jacaranda purple above and below me. I inhale deeply of the moist air. Count to six. Exhale. Calm. Birds singing, chirping, tweeting. I walk among, through. The familiar dive bomb whir of the Hummingbirds. Stopping to smell the roses, admire the flourishing greenery of neighbor gardens.
Today, I practice being calm. I've been running at a fast pace. I unconsciously felt I had to make up for lost time, the failures of the past year. Well, that's me choosing to focus on the things that went wrong. Analyzing how to avoid those situations in the present/future. I really have nothing to complain about. Life is about as dreamy as anyone could dream. So I'm gonna enjoy it for a while.
One thing through all this is the learning. Each morning I am greeted by a Joshua Tree painting in the bathroom. It reminds me of the challenge of finding my grounding while I flew around the world. It took a wider view to find that grounding, but I did. Even now, at home, not traveling the world, this view serves me.
New challenges feel uncomfortable. Learning new skills, one sucks. That's why the zen mind, beginner mind is helpful. To release expectations. Put in the hours for the skill and one is bound to get better. Now is the time to stop with the dream and get down to action. The hearth is cold, chop wood. It's time for coffee, carry water.
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