Day 31 Mindful Moments Challenge

Gratitude for dancing flames and a warm fire.

Day 30 Mindful Moments Challenge

Tree sculpture...noticing the structure of the trees, like clothes hangers for leaves.

Day 29 Mindful Moments Challenge

Peaceful pretzel...noticing the peace sign in every bite.

Day 28 Mindful Moments Challenge

A cup of tea, sipped and savored, slowly <3 br="">

Day 27 Mindful Moments Challenge

A beautiful sunset today, pinks, purples and oranges glowing in the winter sky.

Day 26 Mindful Moments Challenge

Soup simmering on the stove, comfort food that soothes the body, mind and spirit on a chilly Sunday.

Day 25 Mindful Moments Challenge

Tuning in to peeling carrots...watching curling ribbons of orange appear as I move the vegetable peeler along the length of each carrot. One after another, the ribbons of orange grow into a little carrot mountain.

Day 24 Mindful Moments Challenge

Once hidden by leaves and now exposed to the elements, once home to a family. Loved to look up and see this reminder of warmer days.

Day 23 Mindful Moments Challenge

Feeling amazed and grateful at the ability to connect with others around the globe today. Trying to figure out what time 10:00 PM GMT+1 is here in New England, so those of us on three continents will be able to see and chat with each other in real time. Can we be mindful when we use technology? We often see technology as a disconnect from the real and present world, yet it can also foster connection in a way simply unimagined a few short years ago.  BTW, 10:00 PM GMT+1 is 4:00 PM EST :-)

DAY 22 Mindful Moments Challenge

Noticing what 8 degree air feels like when I breathe in ...a physical jolt. Grateful to escape to a warm building.

Day 21 Mindful Moments Challenge

Eating a pineapple -- smelling like tropical sunshine, summer during a northern winter freeze.  Prinkly outer skin and sharp leaves hide the sweet and juicy flesh inside, an ingenious disguise for us pineapple predators. Whoever first thought to open up this strange looking vegetation must have been amazed, as I am today.

Day 20 Mindful Moments Challenge

Paperwhite narcissus, an intoxicating scent. An interesting intersection of the reality of winter and the promise of spring.

 

Day 19 Mindful Moments Challenge

Girls Scout Cookie time...requisite box of Thin Mints. Trying very hard to savor one at a time.

Day 18 Mindful Moments Challenge

Huge, puffy snowflakes fell from the sky today -- so big that they looked like cotton balls. Unexpected and magical.

Day 17 Mindful Moments Challenge

Sushi...one of my favorite foods. Tonight I watched the sushi chef prepare sushi with such artistry and care, like an orchestrated dance. The colors and textures created a beautiful tapestry, each piece a work of art.

Day 16 Mindful Moments Challenge

Black ice...a metaphor for life? Stop paying attention and you lose traction.

Day 15 Mindful Moments Challenge

Looking outside this morning the lawn sparkled like glitter, a fleeting moment that disappeared as the sun warmed the grass. Grateful that I didn't miss it.

Day 14 Mindful Moments Challenge

Popcorn...like snowflakes, each kernel a different shape and texture. Quite a difference when I notice the individual pieces rather than the full bowl...slowly eating popcorn is a practice in patience. What did you notice today?

Day 13 Mindful Moments Challenge

Balmy Boston -- quite an ironic statement for January in the northeast. Today as the mercury inched to 50 degrees I observed the relative nature of temperature. This afternoon sun shone and the snow seemed to melt before my eyes, I opened my car windows and remarked how warm the air felt. Yet, in August if the temperature was 50 degrees, I would bundle up in a sweatshirt and bemoan the fact that we were having such cold weather....a humorous mindful moment that I hope I won't forget come summertime...it's all relative!

Day 12 Mindful Moments Challenge

Newspapers piled on the table, another pot of coffee brewing...Sunday spread out before me. Mindfully savoring non-doing.