This morning I look at the Isle of Lewis
and the standing stones of Callanish
where one legend has them as the remnants of giants
turned to stone
and I think of placing one\u2019s palm just there
and breathing this in
I find myself a bit staggeringly saddened
still
by the loss of my friend Rob
to come across a picture of him
to see that face, and to somehow come to terms
with the permanence of
his not being here
pangs of how grief touches one
and really, the sadness of just what someone\u2019s life
can
come to <\/p>\n\n\n\n
also,
this morning, I am again in
delightful conversation with the utterly charming
Stanley Tucci
where every bit of this lovely book has me
gladly devouring each word
all the while interrupting my reading by sharing thoughts
with my husband
in part, I read a description of, as well as
a recipe for a cocktail, the Old Fashioned
I am not really a consumer of liquors, not being much of a drinker
yet, I read each detail thoroughly
and savour the flavours
as described <\/p>\n\n\n\n
periodically, my mindfulness bell chimes\u00a0
bringing me back to breath\u00a0
and consciously\u00a0
the present moment\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0
this has me thinking about the notion of\u00a0
how we fail ourselves with over-consumption\u00a0\u00a0
how often we fail to \u00a0
savour\u00a0
\u00a0
too much food, too many ingredients\u00a0
too much drink, too much talk, too much to look at\u00a0
to see, to take in, \u00a0
to do
too much information, too much self-imposed
distraction\u00a0
too much this, too much that\u00a0
things we claim to love\u00a0
but we fail to take the time to simply\u00a0
appreciate the gorgeous, gentle subtleties \u00a0
of \u00a0
life
when we over-indulge, or expose
when we are gluttonous to consume
we fail to appreciate
the fullness\u00a0
we fail ourselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this is not to say that I am some sort of expert on\u00a0
such things\u00a0
this is simply to say\u00a0
maybe just take a little more time\u00a0
to suss out the subtleness of a thing\u00a0
to momentarily \u00a0
savour\u00a0
the small joys of the things that you do everyday\u00a0
the things that you taste, that you see\u00a0
that you listen to\u00a0
\u00a0
to each person you meet,\u00a0
and most certainly
to those\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that you love\u00a0
\u00a0
savour the moments\u00a0
as they come
honour and appreciate
as the sweetness\u00a0
on your\u00a0
tongue \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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