Blessings all around

There are some weird things happening and I have no doubt of their spirituality, so I must pause and share it.

With my 2 children yesterday, we sat creating wooden dinosaurs out of really cheap pieces of crap from China. One child is painting her 21,000 pieces different colors with stripes and polka dots while the other is opting to glue and erect his 21,000 pieces prior to painting. And I'm much involved in the effort and finally tell my husband, "You're up and I'm out!" He laughed and said, "You might want to read Job." Huh? He tells me Job is about patience and he said he was seeing it in me. Me . . . patient. Whoa.

I didn't read Job, opting rather to take on a very thorough cleaning of my detritus-filled car that even the dogs wouldn't enter. And in doing this job, I noticed that it wasn't horrible. Normally I HATE cleaning my car, which is why it gets in that state in the first place. But during this cleaning, I found myself simply plodding through each task and it really didn't feel like it took that long. And it didn't piss me off, and it looks really fabulous! So did I lose myself in the moment, in the Now? I was conscious throughout the cleaning and even asked myself different times, "Why isn't this sucking?" I was aware of my ego trying to slide that lovely bag over my head, wanting me to get all snarky and yucko over one of my most hated jobs, but I just didn't go there. Whoa.

And today, I left for work and EVERYTHING was so sparkly and clean and shimmering and alive. And I hadn't even gotten into my vehicle yet. While driving to work, I listened to the Pray-as-you-go Podcast and felt it more than contemplated it. And marveled at how beautiful the world is today.

I am very blessed, and pass these blessings on to all of you.