All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you

(Gandalf to Frodo, The Lord of the Rings)

Take today, for instance.  I have very little energy for doing.  This post will likely be short.  I don’t appear to have the oomph to sit in my chair and meditate.  Going to the gym or practicing the cello reside in another universe.

The pain in my mouth is six days old.  It comes and goes.  And the coming part definitely gets my attention! 

I’ve made my bed ever since I was a kid … but not for the past few days.  Today I figure I’ll be slipping under the covers before noon.

So there’s not much doing in my immediate life.  Okay … how about being?

I’m sitting in Lloyd Coffee Eatery on the Langemunt.  It’s my favourite place for scribbling about life (actually tapping).  And here comes being … sipping on my flat white and taking in the beauty of folks in the coffee shop, and those walking in the rain outside.

I’ll be back in fifteen minutes or so …

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Such variety!  Human beings left, right and centre.  Any adjective you can think of.  And I’m a part of this – joining, not separating.

And speaking of lingering in life, I spilled coffee on my jeans an hour ago.  I took my water bottle and splashed water on the stains.  And I just decided: I’ll sit here till my pants are dry.  Just for fun.

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And then …

My pillow will call me home