We have been doing some things in the house,
\nmuch overdue painting,\u00a0 and such
\nwhich leads to necessary cleaning of nooks and crannies
\nand my eternal vow to reduce
\nstuff<\/p>\n
admittedly I am not a very good housekeeper
\nthis comes in part from having terrible allergies, and once the doctor told me \u2018really you should have someone else do the dusting\u2019\u00a0 and I have held on to this little snippet,
\nbut not yet found a regular volunteer
\nalso, I suppose it comes from my ideal
\nNot being
\nthe house beautiful motif
\nbut rather a house that looks very much like
\na family indeed lives here
\nmostly I know this comes from my preference for sitting
\nwith a good book
\nor tapping away at my
\nlaptop
\nto some days,\u00a0 much else
\n(might also tell you what kind of shape I’m in!)<\/p>\n
I do always aspire to a life lived in
\ngratitude
\nemanating peace
\nand in the constant and very necessary practice of
\nletting go<\/p>\n
recognizing of course, that as a species
\nwe humans do really hold on
\nto a lot of
\nstuff<\/p>\n
nothing so very wonderful about me
\nI use the words practice
\nas I do continue to
\ntry<\/p>\n
this morning as I \u00a0disrobe
\nto get in the shower
\nI notice a series of moles on the back of my right calf
\nsix in all
\none at the top, to the left
\nthree in a very straight vertical line
\nevenly spaced
\ntwo underneath, \u00a0horizontal
\nperfectly balanced
\nthe bottom three forming a rather perfect triangle
\nI am intrigued by this
\nalthough I do have a lot a moles on my skin
\nand
\nas a result of a very different kind of sun obsession
\nin my younger days
\nhave had to have each one observed closely
\nthese
\nI have never noticed
\nbefore
\nthey seem so perfectly placed
\non the back of my calf
\nclose to my ankle
\nin perfect balance
\na rather lovely work of art
\non my skin
\nmy own little bit of
\nperfection
\nI reach down and gently touch each one
\nwith my fingers<\/p>\n
another kind of
\nnatural
\nbeauty
\nmay have gone unnoticed<\/p>\n
I\u2019m thinking about this, after my shower
\nas I continue on to get dressed
\nobserving myself in the mirror
\n(something I do as a practice, in full length)
\nthinking about things we tend to overlook in ourselves
\nor rather harshly sometimes prefer to
\ncover up, change or
\nnot look at
\nat all
\nis my face showing age
\nam I carrying too much weight
\nis that a blemish, a scar
\na flaw
\ninstead of the need for constant perfection
\nmy daily gratitude comes in the simple fact that I
\ncan recognize
\nmyself
\nI try to be a little bit amazed
\neven on the days when I might not exactly approve of what I see
\nI do try to offer myself a smile
\nfrom a kinder heart<\/p>\n
possibly this too
\nis a practice of
\nletting
\ngo<\/p>\n
so maybe what I wanted to say
\nis this
\nthere can be much gratitude,
\nreal beauty
\nand great peace
\nin the practice of
\nclearing
\nout<\/p>\n
in sometimes
\nbeing
\nnaked<\/p>\n
and looking<\/p>\n
in honesty and kindness
\nwith soft eyes
\nand gentler hearts<\/p>\n
maintaining spaces to breathe<\/p>\n
and indeed
\nin a
\nletting go
\nof
\nstuff<\/p>\n
today,
\nas a practice
\nfind some little thing
\nabout
\nyourself<\/p>\n
and be amazed \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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