Friday, February 6, 2009

Little inspirations



Don't you wish you could snooze like that? This cat inspires me. She shows up on our doorstep one cold Christmas Eve. From the start she let us know what she wanted. Sometimes food, sometimes just a good rubdown, other times a door she wants opened. She persists loudly until she gets what she wants . . . oblivious to any eye rolls, sighs or insults hurled her way. She at times seems unsettled and nervous, but she'll soon work it out and just sack out with her belly in the. She is a spectacular hunter by night and by day she perfects the art of lounging and being a housecat. If only we all could take such easy care of ourselves.


Another odd bit of inspiration hit me today as I was refilling the hand soap in the bathroom. I was pouring from a huge refill container into the small dispenser. I realized that if I tried to rush this process I just made a mess of it. And when I slowed down and just let the soap take its time trickling (slow, but steady) that it all went along smoothly . . .no glubs, no mess . . .just nice and easy. And the light filtering through the blue ribbon was really very beautiful . . .almost peaceful. I'm thinking I ought to approach life more this way, because isn't life so much cleaner and more enjoyable when we just relax and do things at a natural pace and enjoy the view along the way? Every time I try to hurry it up I end up making a mess. So for today, it's all about being the liquid soap.

I just like the irony of this picture. The wintery tree and the volleyball net and shower which clearly belong to summer. I used to see things like this and miss summer . . . but now I'm more patient and can happily wait. Because really, if summer came tomorrow then we'd miss Spring. And Spring is not so great unless you've just finished Winter. I'm finally learning to appreciate the necessity and beauty of the cycles of life. It's a simple thing, but it sure has taken me awhile to catch on.

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