There’s a little breeze stirring, and maybe the smog will lift. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow. For now the weather is cool and fine, the sun is shining and I can hear the fountain in the pond playing. Contentment is an easy thing here. Bluey the dog is curled up in a patch of sun just behind me and I can hear the munch munch munch of the sheep eating. Our yard would look like a neat, green lawn – if it wasn’t for all those little black ball bearings they keep leaving all over the place.

There is happiness in the moment and that’s what I’m learning from today. The plants on my balcony are green, the sounds around me are peaceful, the sun is warm on my leg. Happiness is not something to be sought after or yearned for, but to be found in the moment, even if it’s just in the simple act of breathing air or feeling the faint trace of pulse, hearing a dog bark or distant birdsong, the tang of woodsmoke as people do fuel reduction burnoffs.

Feed all your senses.

Light and sound, touch and smell. Let taste be only one fifth of your indulgence.

And when you eat, eat first with your eyes. Look at that food and enjoy it for what it is, for where it came from, for how it came to you. Can you hear food? Well, maybe. The sounds of it being cooked, of cutting the veggies, water boiling, sizzle of frying, even the ding of the microwave, it’s all part of the experience. The clatter of cutlery on plate. The chatter and warmth of people you share your meal with. And smell the food and feel it. Your lips and tongue are loaded with nerves that deal with the sense of touch. Feel your food, each mouthful, the heat or cool of it, the texture. Rough or smooth, creamy or crunchy and feel it going down. Down into your belly where it satisfies you. Where it fills you with its goodness, where abundance from your meal gives you the energy to go on.

Gives you the energy to lose more weight so that you can reveal the slim and healthy person inside.

All the images today have cool links on them. Especially this last one. Hope your karma’s good and hope your day is too.