inhale...exhale...relax your shoulders...repeat as often as needed

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

recognizing gifts


There is, I remind myself, no more direct pathway to peace,
no simpler way to encounter beauty,
no better way of slowing down.
than to try to practice devotion right where I am,
doing each day's tasks as they come
and building a life around what is already here.

From The Gift of an Ordinary Day , by Katrina Kenison

Gram Lowry's applesauce cake,
 with applesauce made from our apple trees.
Recipe here.

4 comments:

  1. Such true words. And applesauce cake helps.

    I have not yet made it to the post office as I was supposed to bring your package along with another I'm sending to someone via Craigslist...but I think she is either crazy or trying to scam me — so I'm not waiting any longer to lump those errands together ;)

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  2. Building a life around what is already here... eight words only but so profound and so true.

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