Appreciation and the Almond Croissant

I've been learning to appreciate my appreciation of things. The other day I had an almond croissant and a cup of super strong, super black coffee with just a splash of Half and Half. I've always appreciated that morning treat, but I've never really stopped to 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 it: appreciating the appreciation. I think it has a lot to do with my awareness of and deep sense of satisfaction from simple, uncomplicated things. "Less is more" is a powerful truth. The other part of that is mindfulness. Learning to not only be fully cognizant of the moment one is in but to recognize its ability to ground and satisfy is a skill worth its weight in gold. All that from an almond croissant and coffee.

JOMO

 I can't love this enough!

A Life Truly Lived

"A life that is being truly lived is constantly burning away the veils of illusion, gradually revealing the essence of the individual."

— Marion Woodman

The Echo of Ocean Waves

I've been having all my Amazon Echo Dots playing "Ocean Waves Ambient Sounds" throughout the apartment for several days and nights. Do I feel more serene and centered because of it? Or is it a kind of placebo effect? Ultimately it doesn't matter, actually. It helps me establish the mood and centeredness I'm striving for.

Moving Forward

As the pandemic has eased considerably, here are wise words to keep in mind going forward.

“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.”
— Arundhati Roy