Back to the fray
And so one returns after a long break which, while unplanned, presented a welcome opportunity to enjoy a pure, uadulterated period of rest.
One looks back with fondness at the time spent in the real world where one has watched sunsets and marveled at the spectacle of bees and monarch butterflies frolicking amongst the flower beds that appeared by nature’s own hand. One has realised what a luxury it is has
become to have the time to grow, bake, sew or knit things – to create art and music. To ponder and to meditate.
1.Spending time in the Garden. A realisation has come that it is while working hard amongst the greenery that the answers to old questions suddenly materialise! Solutions to crossword puzzles even!
One has smelt the roses. The return to real life has begun but with a bunch of new priorities.
1. Staying in the present. Take note of one’s surroundings.
2. Spend passive time in the garden. Plants materialise out of nowhere – providing a much-needed reminder of our place in the scheme of things.
3. Spend active time in the garden. Grow things – healthy things to eat.
4. Take care of the body. The breathing of fresh air, the exercising of muscles, the eating of fresh and healthy garden produce with which to nourish the body.
5. Active exercise. at exercise. Allow time to walk to the shops now again.
6. Rationalising the wardrobe. What does one wear for “walking to the shops”? What does one carry the shopping in – a backpack perhaps? Does one need a raincoat? After all an umbrella won’t do in a downpour when it comes to serious walking and/or carrying shopping? Then there are the serious walking shoes?
7. All that’s needed now is to relax in the sun with a good book. The sun to provide the vitamin D that we all need. The book to provide an escape – though one is more than likely to find one’s self distracted by the sights, sounds and smells of the natural surroundings. Enjoy!
Rubytoos 