How often in life does a person get to feel euphoria? Today this is me, paint brush in hand, circling my one-storey Japanese-style house dabbing at the dinged-up trim. At the moment, I’m sitting on the four-foot border of river rock beneath the eaves, aware of the lumpy stones under my rear. I’m smartening up the low hatch door to the crawlspace with beige paint.
Thanks, Adelia! Paint is so gratifying; we had that instant hit of satisfaction. I am at this very moment filing papers and entering stuff on a spreadsheet. It's only happening as I'm forcing myself to do half an hour. The feeling at the end is just relief, not delight.
Such a delightful description of what to some might be a mundane activity. It was my great pleasure to share some of that working down the list with you Zoe. Good thing that Kira didn't become inspired to become a canine roller spreading the paint far and wide. Because of your brilliant spruce up, you might have to wear sunglasses in the rain. I can hear the salmon singing "hallelujah" for the fresh water falling from the sky.
Thanks, Joy! My problem is to include the wabe-sabi--the let it go gracefully part. Transience and imperfection.
Thanks, Adelia! Paint is so gratifying; we had that instant hit of satisfaction. I am at this very moment filing papers and entering stuff on a spreadsheet. It's only happening as I'm forcing myself to do half an hour. The feeling at the end is just relief, not delight.
Give me that red door for delight anytime!
Such a lovely invitation to all of us to practise a Japanese approach to life.
This is delightful!! To quote Skip, "A brilliant spruce up indeed!!"
Such a delightful description of what to some might be a mundane activity. It was my great pleasure to share some of that working down the list with you Zoe. Good thing that Kira didn't become inspired to become a canine roller spreading the paint far and wide. Because of your brilliant spruce up, you might have to wear sunglasses in the rain. I can hear the salmon singing "hallelujah" for the fresh water falling from the sky.
Thanks, Skip. It didn't actually rain nearly as much here as had been forecast, but yes, I'm with you, the salmon need this rain.