If I stay up just a few more minutes, I may be a little more tired in the morning, but I WILL have the delight-quotient of watching Jon Stewart's opening on The Daily Show. The delight outweighs the tiredness.
Tonight while Abby was having her Torah tutoring with Amy, Jordie and I went to the new Bakehouse and sat with our hot drinks in front of the fire, talking and planning about Abby's bat mitzvah.
Now THAT was a delightful time -- perhaps all these years we should have been a little better at actually scheduling time with each other. It's so good to be doing it now.
The windchimes on the porch are ringing so that I can hear them even here in the back of the house. A windy night, getting colder, but Sadie is curled up by my feet contentedly. Feels good to have her for company.
I thought, earlier, while I was walking Sadie, that dogs really do know how to live in the moment....how to be really awake to the pleasures in front of them. For Sadie, a leaf blowing across the street is a thrill: "It's a leaf! Got to get it!" I can hear her thinking. She trots out, tail up and wagging, each time we go for a walk. I think that my walks with her are times when I live more in the moment, too. Listening to the trees creak in the wind tonight, breathing slowly, letting Sadie sniff every little thing. Feeling awake about the pleasure of taking a walk.
Yesterday while I was driving to mom's house in Greenwood, I had a moment on 135 that really woke me up. A woman in a minivan was passing -- in my lane -- coming head on for me. I slowed way ahead of time, but she kept coming...I had to slam on my brakes and I was about one second from jerking the wheel to the right and driving through a wire fence to escape a crash. She pulled over. Thank God.
But it did make me think what a truly delightful life I have!
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