Moments of Sweetness and Ease
Take time for some moments of ease in your life, some moments for letting cares go. Few are the problems that will not wait, or benefit, from being forgotten for awhile.
Walk somewhere that you can see a tree, a flower, the broad expanse of sky. Walk easily, as if all the time in the world was yours (for it is, you know, and you’re free to spend it as you will).
Sit on a patch of grass. Rifle your hands through it and feel how alive it is. Feel the soil beneath it, the stuff that gives birth to everything that sustains us. Breathe the air; inhale its fragrances; feel its warmth.
Hear the world’s music. The delicate rustling of leaves, the chirping of birds. Pretend you’re a kid again: Cup your hands over your ears and roll them forward and back and listen to the sounds change and laugh at the miracle of hearing.
Look at the wondrous expanse of sky, its light veiling the cosmos. Watch the heaped clouds, made of nothing but water, floating on the wind.
Study it all as if you were seeing it for the first time, or as if you had just been told that in two weeks you would be blind. See the spectrum of hues and shades, the patches of light, of reflection, of shadow. See the magnificent complexity of it all, the precision of its design—all purposeful, all pleasing.
Let it pour into you like warm honey. Taste its sweetness. Feel your connection to it, for this is your home.
The small pleasures, the moments of sweetness and ease, are balm for the soul. Make time for them, and they will bring you healing and joy.
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