One cozy bed
Three wooly blankets
A cup of hot tea
Several good novels
Live Ingredients:
One fuzzy dog
Two cuddly cats
One loving husband/wife (optional)
For the topping:
A little whipped cream
Cinnamon and nutmeg sprinkles
Lots of time and space
Mix the main ingredients into a swirl of Ahhhh! Then gently stir in the live ingredients until the cats are purring, the dog is snuggling, and the husband/wife is snoozing. Mix the topping, stirring with awareness and love. Dollop it over the top of the bed with soft music. Allow the peace to cool, letting the scents of the moment linger, hanging in the air. Take the time to drink in all of the moment; both the purring cats, and the snoring husband/wife; the sunshine streaming through the window or the rain pounding on the roof.
Be still and listen. Breathe. Appreciate simplicity. Notice that all around is what it is without your opinion about it. Beware, for the baking of peace and contentment cannot be rushed – it takes precision, patience, and presence.
And whatever arises out of this primordial soup, be with it as it is, without your opinion making it anymore real than anything else. Allow anger to cool into clarity, passion to deepen into compassion, and ignorance to fade into wisdom. Breathe.… Feel.… Listen.… Look.…Smell.… Taste. …Touch.…
Touch your deepest sorrow, your hidden longings, and your secret delights. Live here in this moment of now-ness. Breathe in the ordinary…Breathe in your true nature…and rest in that.…
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Angela Dawn MacKay
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