The Wellness of Being

Day 11

Up: 6:30am

Left for Work: 7:08am

So I was pretty bummed about sleeping in this morning. Until I got home from work and it was beautiful and sunny and Sadie and Shreddie and I all hung out outside for about an hour and a half of goodness. No words for my walk.  Photo journal is the order of the day. Not about especially beautiful things, (or beautiful photos!) just things I noticed.

Take a Page From Your Own Book

Day 10

So this morning I woke up and looked outside, and the first thing I saw was sun shining BRIGHTLY on a little cheeseburger bird! Awesome. No TED Talk today, just the thought that I am already full of inspirational juices. Just a little jam about the weather. :)

Yesterday,

I allowed a tear to embrace my cheek,

just an afterthought

as it makes its slow descent to

the earth

and the gravity of the situation hits me!

Now I can see that there can be no tears today.

                                     Those big eyes have all dried up and been replaced

                                     by the brightest smile I've seen in a long time.

The Ease of Gratitude

Day 9

Up: 7:13am

Left for School: 8:32am

Video: Louie Schwartzberg: Gratitude

"Take each breath in as if it is your first; let each escape as if it is your last." These are some of the first words I ever heard in my meditation group, DIY Dharma.  I was new to group meditation, and these words resonated with me in my newness. The phrase asks us to savour every moment, to really be in the present time.  There was a similar point made in today's video, where Louie Schwartzberg asks an elderly man to explain how he reveals his happiness. The man says, and I'm paraphrasing, to open your eyes and really see the world for the first time. 

So what if every time we used one of our senses, we imagined that it was our first time that we have shared this experience with the world? What if every time we parted from this sensory experience, we imagined that it was the last time we would or could ever encounter it.Wouldn't we cherish it? Wouldn't we grow ever more grateful? 

It was a perfect day to see this video! The man also spoke about how we see weather as a black or white , finite distinction. It's either nice out, or not. But, he says, what we should be doing is experiencing each thing as it is and being grateful that it is am impossibility for this specific set of circumstances to ever duplicate themselves.  The clouds can never be the same. The rain will never pitter patter in the same order.

Today, when I was walking Sadie, it was drizzling. I grinned to myself.  When I left for school, it was pouring, and I could not have been more grateful.