A Yogurt in Time…

I’m trying…I really am…I’m trying to make healthier food choices…one of those would be…eating…Greek yogurt…I know…the protein content is double…the regular kind…the carb count is less…it’s organic…but…I just don’t love it…

Now…I am giving it a fair try…adding fruit…hoping it will grow on me…that would be only fair…considering…how…ice cream…my real preference…has literally…grown…on me over the years…but…I digress…

Anyway…it got me to thinking…why is it…that many of the things…that I know are good for me…and…that I really want to do…aren’t that easy…and…why…is it…that so many of the things…that I know are bad for me…and…that I don’t want to do…are so hard not to do…

Hmmm…

Bertha…reminds me…I ate Greek yogurt today…I didn’t eat…ice cream…which is what I wanted…and…really today…this moment…is all I have…yesterday is past…tomorrow hasn’t come…I’ve done my best…

Of course…she’s right…I can only make choices in the moment…whether…it’s food…exercise…spending money…or…anything else…it doesn’t matter what I did or didn’t do yesterday…or…what I’m planning for tomorrow…what I’m doing now…in this moment…is all that matters…it’s all I can count on…

And…honestly…I may be one step closer…to liking Greek yogurt…I’ll see…tomorrow…

Jane

Juan Valdez…Couldn’t Start the Day Without Him…

In response to my frustration this week…Bertha…has been reminding me…gently with that skillet to the head…to slow down…be in the present moment…to fully engage in what I am doing…to savor the joy that is hidden in the chaos…

I must not have been listening…so…she left me a note by the coffee pot…that said…

Read this…out loud…

I’m grateful that Juan Valdez and his burrow got up early…and went out to pick these coffee beans…at their peak of flavor…I’m grateful that someone processed them…shipped them to my local store…and that the store was open at a convenient time…so that I could purchase a bag of coffee…in my favorite grind and flavor…I am grateful that I have a wonderful electric coffee pot…with a timer…so that the coffee is ready when I get up in the morning…I’m grateful that I have these beautiful coffee mugs…that are just the right size…and shape…I love to feel the warmth of the coffee against my hand…

Wow…she definitely got my attention…although…I love my morning coffee…I must admit…I usually don’t give it my full attention…for more than the first sip…anyway…

It goes more like…pull up the sheets…take a sip…pull up the bedspread…take a sip…put on makeup…take a sip…work on the blog…take a sip…I have too much to do in the morning…to just sit with my coffee…

Or…do I…maybe I have too much to do…not to take two minutes…and just savor the coffee…find the joy in the chaos of my coming day…I think I’ll go…sit in the contemplation chair…with a cup...and see how it goes…

Jane