Where Is Your Mind?
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
We had a wonderful weekend down at the coast. We stayed in a house that had the lake entrance at the end of the garden. The water there was shallow enough to go wading in and explore sand banks. The beach was a couple of minutes drive up the road and to top it off the weather was beaut, hot but not too hot.
The other thing we discovered about the house was the birds. The rosellas and a variety of other colourful birds came down to visit each day and eat any seed you put out for them. There was a container in the room off the deck that had some bird seed in it and a warning written on top. It said ‘close the screen door or the birds will follow you!
I can believe that too, they were certainly not backward in coming forward for food, even with Dog in the background. It was a beautiful thing to watch as the kids took a handful of seeds and held their hands out for the birds to land on and eat the seed. Son was slightly discouraged for a while after one bird tried to have a chomp of his hand. Daughter was enthralled when one bird landed on her head.
Daughter loved the kangaroos and rabbits we spotted in the neighbours yards when I took her for a quick walk later. She loves animals and thought we should take some home.
So what has my wonderful weekend got to do with you? I am trying to remind you about the importance of spending some time living in the moment. You can spend all your time worrying about what might happen, that pile of ironing and the dishes that need doing and the things you didn’t finish at work today. Don’t forget to stop sometimes and enjoy what is going on around you. This time of year it can be stressful getting everything ready for Christmas, you can forget that it is supposed be a time to enjoy. As the saying goes, take the time to stop and smell the roses.
It doesn’t have to take a long time but it can leave you feeling refreshed and positive. For instance watching the kids with the birds was say twenty minutes spent seeing the joy in their faces and the beauty of the birds. And believe it or not, the washing up waited!
