Happy Rabbit Trails by The FlyLady, Marla Cilley
It has taken me years to find a simple morning meditation book that sets my mind on something to think about. As you all know I am such a SHE and if something seems too long I am not likely to take the time to read it. But I can do a couple of paragraphs. I also figured out when was the best time in my morning routine to piggyback this moment of thought.
I needed to do it before my day headed in many directions and while my mind was a blank page. This is why I keep my book in my bathroom. At this time of the morning there is no noise in my home other than a few barking puppies. I take the minute to find the silk ribbon marking my page, I open the book, I read the passage and then the rest of the time while I am in the bathroom I allow my mind to take the passage and run with it.
My mind never stops thinking about ways to help you in your quest for peace. Today's passage was about dusting, imagine that. Dusting is easy with a feather duster in hand. When we love the books we have collected. We can also get sidetracked while dusting. A book can take us away to another time and place. I love it.
My sweet darling loves his books and his morning paper. This holiday season there were a few missed deliveries of his morning paper. He seemed lost without it because it is part of his morning breakfast routine. He gets dressed, walks down our long driveway, plays with the neighborhood dogs, comes back home, our dogs smell him to see who he has petted and then fixes his coffee and breakfast. With everything arranged just to suit him he sits down to read his paper and eat his breakfast slowly.
He doesn't know that I watch him. I really just stay out of his way and don't break his train of thought. I'll bet I could set a clock to his routine. This is what works for him. He even factors in extra time for when his drive is shorter. He loves his morning routine.
I have a different routine, but it is still a routine. Mine does not have to be like his to work for me. I don't read a newspaper. If there is something in there that he thinks I need to know he will fold the paper and leave it on my computer to get my attention. Robert starts every day sitting in a rocking chair that his aunt used to sit in and read to them when they were children while the adults would talk in the parlor. He has many fond memories of her stories. He has made himself a place in our home that is his reading/breakfast area. This rocking chair, small table with a drawer, a stack of three books and he sits in our picture window looking out over our front porch, pond and birdfeeders. Shall I say perfect? Well to him is it just right!
He has his place in our home. His special place. I rarely sit in his rocker. I never put anything on his table. This is his area and I don't horn in.
Do you have a place in your home? That is yours. A place of peace to sit and have a cup of tea and read for a few minutes. A place for you to have the children at your feet as you read to them. Making memories and creating an aura of peace in your home with a simple routine can start your day off in a lovely way.
Don't you just love how my morning meditation weaves it rabbit trails.
For more help getting rid of your CHAOS; check out her website and join her free mentoring group at www.FlyLady.net or her book, Sink Reflections published by Bantam and her New York Times Best Selling book, Body Clutter published by Fireside. Copyright 2008 Marla Cilley Used by permission in this publication.
