My parents arrived for a week-long visit on Easter Sunday. It's nice to have them around, even though they are not cooking for me this time LOL! Instead, I have been cooking for them, and it's been fun for me to do that. I will say that I get a little nervous cooking for them because they are both pretty good cooks. My mom just giggles when I cook. I'm not really sure why. Maybe when she watches me in the kitchen she sees her 12 year old daughter who put salt in cookies instead of sugar. I pay more attention now.
Here's what I have made: On Sunday, ham and cheesy potatoes, known in Utah as funeral potatoes. Monday, lasagna. Tuesday we ate out. Wednesday, sole and rice. Thursday, leftovers! Tomorrow we are going to the Jazz game, so we'll eat whatever is available. Saturday we'll go out or I'll fix something (duh! those are the only choices!)
Tomorrow Mom and I are going to get a haircut. I think I will just have a trim. I've decided to let the mop grow this year. My bangs are pretty much just regular hair now and it's kind of fun. Plus I can have it curly or straight, depending on the energy I want to expend. Actually, it takes energy either way because something has to be done to it either way. I've often cut my hair short because it took too much effort to try to make it look good and short hair is really easy to do. But now I want to have longer hair for a change. So I'll grow it until I'm bored and ready for a change.
In the past couple of weeks I have been trying my hand at meditation. I'm not sure exactly why. Maybe it's because on my weekly compass (a Franklin Covey time management tool), in the Sharpen the Saw: Spirituality space, I can never think of anything to do. One of the suggestions is meditation. I'm not a church-goer. I think there probably is a higher power, but I'm not clear on my relationship with it. I read Eat Pray Love, and Elizabeth Gilbert does a lot of meditating in the Pray section, so I thought I'd try it. I figured I could at least sit still and clear my mind.
What I learned is that I can sit still for about six to eight minutes. After that, I lose my focus on clearing my mind because things happen. For example, my dog will lick my toes, or my fingers will begin to twitch, or people's faces and their issues will pop into my head, or I'll begin to feel guilty because I'm just sitting there, quietly breathing instead of doing something. Isn't that stupid? I spend all day running around at work talking, thinking and laughing, doing, and then I come home to my second job of taking care of my family, cooking and cleaning up. Why do I feel guilty when I try to take a quiet moment for myself? It's just crazy!
So I will continue to work on my meditation because it is kind of nice to sit still and relax and shift from work-mode to home-mode. Maybe I'll get in touch with my inner peace and finally learn what spirituality is all about, and maybe I won't and that will be all right too. Any thoughts?
1 comment:
I think you need some help in the beginning because it's hard. I started with relaxation CD:s lying down which eventually made me fall asleep. That's how relaxed I get. Also I have tried a movement meditation (from the Japanese spa). That is excellent but takes 30 minutes. You shouldn't feel guilty because if Mom is happy and relaxed so is the rest of the family :-)
See you pretty soon. Hugs to everyone Mia
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