TAKE TEN MINUTES

I hovered over a stove today, I let the flames warm my face a while. A pot had broiled over the heat until it was done, so I took it off. But why I was still there, stove still lit, I did not understand.

It was 30 degrees outside so the extra warmth did me no good. I did not think in those 10 minutes. I know they say when you stop thinking you are dead, but I swear it, I did not think. I did not move. I was still. Calm for 10 minutes. It was the only ten minutes in my day that made sense. It is the only ten minutes in the day that I want back because I understand now to ravish it. Caress every second that went by. Love it and smile.

Do you ever get those days when you feel as if everything and everyone around you is in fast-forward and you are in play but then you are lagging behind so you have to push the double arrows forward just to keep up? That was my day today. I was in a series too fast for my own brain to catch up so I slowed it down for 10 minutes in front of a fire and that was my sane place.

Every once in a while you need a sane place even if it's just for a few minutes. Allow yourself go to a happy place or be still a few minutes. It does wonders for the mind and heart.

Signing off,

KimRuby