Beautiful Summer Morning Thoughts for Today

This morning I took a walk in the woods with my two dogs. I brought my diary with me. When we found a perfect spot to sit down, instead of writing , I drew. I drew the scene before me.

I am not an artist. I had intended to write, but I drew instead.

I drew the stillness that is the forest. I drew in inside or me.

I know I want to carry the silence of the forest inside me forever.

Later sitting in the sun at Starbucks and sipping my Americano, letting the silence of the forest flow through me ideas began to pop into my head.

I did not have my note book.

(Note to Self) Always carry a note book and a pen.

I went into the dollar store and bought, what turned out to be a perfect little notebook for that purpose. The paper is thick like a File Card so it won’t get crumpled and ripped with wear, and you can tear away each page. Even better one side is blank and one side lined so that I can  draw, if the urge takes me, or write.

I have been looking for such a note book for ages. Even Staples didn’t carry what I wanted, but for a dollar I found what I needed.

Back at the table with my muffin and coffee I try to remember what it was I wanted to write down.

Here’s One Note:

As I sat having my coffee and muffin I saw a sparrow nearby. I brushed the crumbs from the muffin onto the ground where he would be less shy to come and take my offering. I realized what were crumbs to me became a lovely meal of the sparrow. I wonder how many other things are like that?

Thoughts on my Vacation

Last vacation I lived in a hyper state of time, days flashing by with returning to work looming on the horizon, like an angry cloud.

This time, I have taken the stillness inside: resolved not to rush through my days with a never ending list of chores. Instead I take longer walks with my dogs and spend time at the turn-around-point to linger over a sandwich and a bottle of water and make notes in my Diary. Back home, regardless of endless chores, I spend an hour working in the garden. Then finally I head to the computer to complete my to do list.

Funny, this time I am getting all my chores done!

I picked up two books at the books store:

“The Tao of Pooh” by Benjamin Hoff

 and

“Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life : Living the Wisdom of the Tao” By Dr Wayne Dyer who has taken on the role of the teacher that appears when the student (me) is ready.

 Do you think my choices where accidents?

I read  Dr Dyer’s Preface holding the book in my hand as if I held a vast treasure.

I read the first verse of the Tao Te Ching. Tears came to my eyes, joyful tears.

What a wonderful day!