The Multi-Tasking Menace Takes a Break!

A typical weekday at 7:58 am~

1) Race home from the sweat inducing workout, charge through the front door, absently pat grateful, hopeful dog on head, blast to the back office and Hit F9 to download new email into outlook
2) Grab bananas, blueberries, spinach, coconut milk, peanut butter, kick door shut with left foot and precariously place all ingredients on counter using spare hand to procure magic bullet for blending fun and then pick up the stuff that crashed to the floor
3) Add the protein powder and start the blending while peeking around the corner to see how many emails have downloaded
4) Absently drink down this bizarre breakfast bevvy while:

• Filling the dog bowl with water and realizing I haven’t walked her yet
• Checking email and returning quick notes
• Remembering that I need to put together the new lease for the rental property
• Thinking about a few clients and wondering what breakthroughs their creating
• Grabbing my phone to see the new text message arrive that makes me smile
• Aware of the call that is now overdue and I need to make asap

And checking the clock to see that it is now 8:06 am and most of my racing, blurring thoughts have occurred in the last 90 seconds.

Today I made a different choice. 

As I blended the whacky – post workout – concoction and I stood still while watching it whir in the blender.  Noticing how the texture changed, how the powder got stuck to the sides and the frozen banana chunk defiantly refused to blend up.  

Then in a rare moment I glanced at my computer and kept walking.  Called out a gentle “come” to my office mate and brought the icky looking (though tasty) breakfast elixir outside on the back patio. 

And sit.
And see.
And listen.
And be.

I watched a thin thread of a silky web about four feet long from the plum tree to the low plant catch the sun and then disappear.  Only able to see small sections of it briefly when it catches the light and goes from invisible to silver and then back to invisible.  Appear and disappear. Knowing that it is there even when I can’t see it.

Watching the wild grass gently wave and tickle itself and its neighbor while being aware of my dog’s alert eyes and ears ready to defend the property from any daring squirrel.

 

Glancing to the seed packets and the back garden and thinking: “Fuck, it’s mid-June… why haven’t I planted these seeds yet!!”  and then being amused with myself that I dropped an F-bomb in my own peaceful present reverie.  Keeping it real!

Then choosing to slip into the moment and hearing at least 4 different kinds of birds chirping, a dog barking a few blocks away, the breeze on my left shoulder and a bee hovering around.

I’m aware there is a lot to do.  There always is.

I take a deep breath and glance back to the magic silver/ invisible thread. 

Seen. 

Unseen. 

Glimpsing and inch of shimmer, then nothing.

Appearing briefly…

I wonder… who or what is that silver thread in our life?

I wonder… what could occur when we choose presence?

Just so you know… I see your shiny parts even when you don’t.  They are always there- even when you think you are hiding them.
 
Your not a very good hider of your super coolness  😉
Don’t worry – you’re excellent at other stuff!

xoxoxoMaureen