4.15.24

Thought

When vacuuming pay attention to moving the vacuum cleaner over each area of the carpet without thinking about what you will do next or what you would rather be doing. When driving attend to the road in front of you, the traffic, and your hold on the steering wheel. Don’t be daydreaming with your mind somewhere else and arrive not knowing how you got there. When doing paperwork, attend to writing checks, typing memos, and filing receipts. Don’t be fragmented, preoccupied, or separate from each activity of your life. When you are fully present and aware you wake up to the wonder of your ordinary mind.

—Ellen Birx, Healing Zen

Quote 

Philosopher Alan Watts:

“What I am really saying is that you don’t need to do anything, because if you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire, the arrangement of the stars, and the form of a galaxy. You are all just like that, and there is nothing wrong with you at all.”

Moment of Gratitude

 I’m grateful I got to witness the totality of the solar eclipse last week and got to share the moment with my mother. 

What are you grateful for today? 

Happy Monday,

Val