December 2024 Week 4
Pause What A Pleasure
Keeping my writing short and sweet this holiday week with a short excerpt from a book I am reading:
“and in the rush and the hurry I sometimes forget to breathe. Just last night, as I was walking down Broadway after work, I had to make myself stop to look at the evening sky and the last light fading on the tall buildings, take a deep breath from my belly, count my breaths from one to ten, and recall that life wasn't going to start sometime in the future: the moment was now to relax, breathe, look around me, be alive. Don't clench; don't grab; slow down. "Easy Does It" is very simple and very useful. Also useful is a small prayer or affirmation: please let me wear the world as a loose garment.
When I slow down I can take pleasure in the many good things of this world: good conversation, books, music, making a meal for a friend, taking a walk, watching a movie, having a quiet cup of tea.”
Pause what a pleasure!!! Take this into your holiday week and relish in the moments - big and small!!!!
Happiest of holidays to you - whatever you celebrate!!