Just as our lives are made up of a mix of the ordinary and the everyday interspersed with times of great joy or great tragedy, so our everyday life affords us little moments to savour or to endure.
I would like to focus today on the moments which we can savour. These small occasions are easy to overlook in the rush and push to deal with the busyness and the business of each day. But stopping and really experiencing what is all around us all the time allows us to appreciate and enjoy it in ways which give us back a sense of peace, of connection and of enjoyment. Taking time out from the hustle and bustle, instead of working flat-out non-stop, re-energises us and allows us to achieve more in the long run.
A lot of it has to do with attitude. Is a garden just something that makes more work for us? Is it just a place we walk through as we hurry between the house and the car, striving to fit as much as we can into each day and barely registering the grass, the plants, the flowers, the bushes or the trees?
Or is it a place in which to sit and relax with a glass of wine or a cup of coffee at the end of the day and find a sense of calm and renewal?
When we do choose to sit out in our garden do we allow ourselves to truly appreciate the sight and smell of the flowers and the sound of the birds and the insect life, or do we focus on the weeds that need pulling and worry about the grass that needs mowing?
What difference will it make to your day if you choose to stop and enjoy the moments?
Comments
Thanks Marian for this interesting post.
Jose
JOY - what a wonderful state to aim for :)
Marian