Day 3

Today is Sunday, when I let myself start a little more slowly. After some kitchen work I sat down and did the Baron Baptiste Week 1 Presence guided meditation, for the proscribed 5 minutes. I’ve been doing my mantra mala meditation most days for months now, so this felt a little brief, but I did like the focus on presence, and hearing someone else’s voice guiding me back from my thoughts was good, too.

After reviewing some of the book for Week 1, I copied my notes from the first meeting into the Day 1 post here, and then I felt a little burned out on this work so went on about my day.

I’m still finding it hard to allow myself time for ME. I feel like that is something I get when the ‘work’ is done, and of course it never is. I decided today to work a little on my cross stitch and for background attended the UU-Clearwater service on Zoom. That was a treat!

This afternoon we had out family ‘outing’ via Zoom, with mom, Kim, and Patrice attending. We toured Versaille – the palace, Marie Antoinette’s hamlet, and a little bit of the gardens. It’s really fun to connect with them all but we missed Jan who was napping. And next week CJ (niece) may attend. We had fun playing with backgrounds and seeing some pictures from Patrice’s house in Holland.

At the very end of the day, I did a quick mala meditation before bed. But I realize that was more to ‘get an A’ than doing it in any helpful way. argh….