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I can't recreate the Himalayas, but I carry something.

Once a week I practice silence mornings, harder in the city, but that's the practice.

How do you find stillness in your ordinary life, not waiting for perfect conditions?

#dailypractice #mindfulness #ordinarylife
#meditation #silence #presence
#spiritualpractice #contemplativelife #yogaphilosophy

MAN DISCOVERS HOUSEWORK 💎

This morning was cleaning day, and Pete and I cleaned the house.

We didn't just “give it a bit of a tidy.”

We actually cleaned it.

And once again, I discovered something deeply irritating.

It wasn’t hard.

For years, the mind has treated housework like a major civil engineering project.

You notice some dust, and immediately there’s planning, resistance, postponement, perhaps a small committee meeting.

Then eventually you just pick something up, wipe something down, put something away.

And twenty minutes later, half the house looks civilized again.

Being old has apparently taught me that many things are only difficult while I’m thinking about doing them.

The actual doing is often surprisingly easy.

Anyway, the house is clean.

We’re dressed.

We’re going out for bacon and egg hamburgers at Grill'd.

Civilization survives another day.

#OldPeople #Housework #GettingOlder #OrdinaryLife #Humour #Grilld #morning #tidy #mind #engineering #actual #project