Auckland has broken out a beautiful day to day.
This morning
the sunshine is pulling my attention out into the garden.
There is a contest on
though because there is my desk saying: discipline girl. We have work to do.
Such a taskmaster.
We all run into this conundrum at some point. Notice how our
society is structured in such a way that we naturally think in terms of
either/or; win/lose;right/wrong.
Only that group perception is false.
At every place of choice between two options there is always
a third, creative option.
I had to remind myself of that this morning.
Life is not asking us to defer pleasure, to suffer pain or
put duty before enjoyment.
It is saying: Look
here is a Dance. Can you make up some steps to this new rhythm?
So these daily choices give us opportunity to lighten up if
we let them.
Now I have set up a chair in the sunshine where I can enjoy
the garden while I work. Strange how writing longhand brings a different
quality to the page, it sets a freer tone.
I often listen to
Beethoven or Vivaldi while I work. I love them both, but maybe this could be
the day for jazz. What do you think? John Coltrane anyone?
