DAY 365+41

the peaceful mind

I wake up early, my backache is here again 

I remember that tomorrow I have to go to my stretching class and my thoughts fly  

I visualize my hectic schedule and all the new things I want to cram into my already busy days . Things I need to do, things I want to do 

I am still sitting down in my bed. Step by step, I say to myself

I pass through my corridor with the cats meowing behind me. I start to refill their bowls with fresh water and their feed 

While I am bending down, my backache reminds me that tomorrow I have to go to my stretching class and my thought follow the same course again

I wonder why I cannot divide my life into little, organized, compartments. Why I cannot be more efficient and why things seem to be so muddy

I go to the kitchen to prepare my first tea. I open the cupboard I am still lost in my thoughts when something catches my attention

It´s that precious tea sachet awaiting the boiling water and suddenly everything changes 

The loop of my mind stops

I hear the cats chewing, a distant trill  and the extraordinary silence between those ordinary sounds 

I smell the subtle fragrance of the bergamot in the earl grey tea and see the smart design of the white cup

And for a moment I see the life as it is, not as I would like it to be 

I inhabit what life is showing me

I see through the veil of my fantasies  and what I see (the cup, the sachet, the cats that are now cleaning their faces and even the striped rag) pleases me 

Concerns are not needed

Clarity prevails

My mind rests
 

... The kettle´s whistle and I am aware that I have been softly (miraculously) sent back to a space of intimacy with the present moment. While drinking my tea, I give thanks. And thankful I am

Simple things Sunday: morning finds