“What, again?” That’s what Gary Larson, creator of The Far Side, reportedly told his mother on the second day of kindergarten. I can relate at least a dozen times a day, whether making beds or washing dishes or working out: “What, again?” Matthew Sanford in his book,
Thanks for beautifully articulating why people say they do their best thinking in the shower; it's the same idea, and one I, too, use to get through the everyday grind. Now, if I could just figure out a way to think/meditate while trying to process a new recipe so I don't forget a key ingredient (yup, that's happened more than once), I'd have this mastered!
This happens to me doing the dishes at night--and then I get annoyed because I've got all these ideas racketing around in my head and I'm 'wasting' my time on chores. Thanks, Maureen, for sharing a great way to reframe the everyday grind into a meditation.
This makes me look forward to making my bed in the morning--something I never thought I'd say! Thanks for that :)
Thanks for beautifully articulating why people say they do their best thinking in the shower; it's the same idea, and one I, too, use to get through the everyday grind. Now, if I could just figure out a way to think/meditate while trying to process a new recipe so I don't forget a key ingredient (yup, that's happened more than once), I'd have this mastered!
This happens to me doing the dishes at night--and then I get annoyed because I've got all these ideas racketing around in my head and I'm 'wasting' my time on chores. Thanks, Maureen, for sharing a great way to reframe the everyday grind into a meditation.