What are the essential facts?
I breathe. I feel. I think. I have all my native senses, more or less. I am aging. And sometime my heart will beat its last on the drum that was my life.
In the meantime, I will smile when I see my love. I will witness wild birds at my feeder. I will plant vegetables and flowers and watch them grow. These are simple things, but the most important things of any in my day.
To do these things I must slow down and sit awhile. There is a park bench out along my path under my ash tree. Sometimes I sit there. Other times on a cushion under an umbrella on my patio. Then there is morning Zazen; an essential beginning of my day.
I walk slowly, with a cane, and stumble on occasion. It is no matter of consequence as I eventually get where I am going. There is rarely a hurry in my step.
My meals are simple but healthy. I have lunch and dinner and a snack sometimes in between. My wife prepares these meals and I am extremely grateful to her for the love and care she provides.
All of these are the simple things in life. We should pay close attention to each. Breathe in; breathe out. Sense all you can around you. It is a beautiful world. 🙏🙏🙏
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