Still recuperating from torn muscle and chronic IT band syndrome. Had been doing really well then made a choice that set the recovery back several days. Going down stairs will not be done again for a few months. It felt in the moment that it was good and probably one flight would have been fine. But no, I did 4 flights. On two separate short walks in one day. However .... as I was getting in bed and that discomfort in raising my leg to the side grabbed me, I knew in that moment stairs are out for a while.
There are other moments I can enjoy as I sit with the heating pad on my leg. The beauty of the leaves on the trees as they prepare to die. Will I give pleasure in my last moments of life when it comes time for me to die? Mind you the leaves are not the beautiful gold, red, yellow nor orange. Just a change to a more subtle grey-green. Just enough difference of color to signal that life is fading.
In contrast to the grey green leaves across the street are the few zinnia blooms on the patio. An occasional monarch butterfly comes to dine on the zinnia nectar. Seldom do I glance up from reading that I do not see either white winged doves, cowbirds, shiny crows, bluejays, and multiple varieties of sparrows just outside the door. These are the moments I enjoy living in these days. These calm moments instead of the machine gun effect of political moments.
Here is hoping you can find the moments of quite and calm to enjoy during this season of changes.
Namaste,
Janice
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