patience and presence

Sometimes I think patience and presence are the key to a good day. If we had to choose between a good day or bad day... we're going to pick a good day. I guess the bad days compliment the good days. Complimentary contraries. Didn't we all study that at one point in school?
I was interrupted by the goosling crying and the pot boiling on the stove.
Yum, am making coffee.
Delicious!
I wanted to stop by a cafe or a fast food joint and buy an iced coffee.
But, I made a succinct promise to myself and my companion that I plan on spending no money until Friday.
It worked last week.
I spent, practically, no money on the weekdays. But, on the weekend I let loose a little, ya know? It's just money. That's a balance, too. I have to admit I am not a professional balancer of my life. My weight is way higher than I would like it to be. But, I must give myself compassion, I've just completed growing a baby. I lost 26 pounds and then regained 15 of them. Such is life. Learning lessons and improving.
This ties into today's keywords; patience and presence. If I'm in touch with presence, the present moment, NOW, I am void of any negativity. Yes, occasionally, there will be sorrow. But, for today, FOR NOW, everything is good. It's the closest thing to mysticism that we have. I was speaking on the phone to a good friend, yesterday, and she asked me to define mysticism. We looked it up in the dictionary. My definition was very close to the dictionary's. I think that Mother Nature is mysticism. Who doesn't stand at the edge of the ocean, where water meets sand, and feel an incredible amount of humilty....an incredible amount of connectedness? Astronomy does that for me, too. Astronomy, or the stars, makes me feel connected to the universe in ways I cannot really explain. Songwriting does that. I get lost in the song, lost in the expression.
Believe it or not, blogging has been my new outlet. Blogging ... I wouldn't call it mystical. But, I would say it's a great way to get things out of my mind and concretely print them on the Internet. Why do I capitalize Internet? I used to have a writing gig writing articles about Maui and I would capitalize Internet. AAAAAhhh, Maui. Wouldn't that be fun? I live in a major metropolitan city right now and it's a strange feeling. We cannot picture our goosling growing up here. We just don't know. We'll see. I'm really getting ahead of myself.
Patience and presence.
Patience and presence.
Everything's great for now.