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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Push Pause on Life. Look Out Your Window


Mindful of a Cat’s View

My cat in the window sill is like a child seeing for the very first time.  Its head twitches and reacts to whatever moves or sound it is drawn to in absolute wonderment.

I give it a try.

I look out the window and see a collage of pine needles, maple leaves green and burgandy,black lines, and brown curves of branches forever reaching outward, swirling zig-zagging dots of bugs, the hoppity hopping of birds finding the right branch and then, taking off in flight to who knows where, and the funny erratic movement of squirrels scurrying and leaping like daredevils.  The puffy white and grey clouds look bloated with rain with the tiniest patches of blue hidden beneath.

I listen.

Bachooowa. Chooow.Chooow. Chooow. A Cardinal?  Cheep.  Tweet.  A bird flits from one branch to another. Hop. Hop. It flies away. I watch until it disappears beyond the trees I can see.

Buzz. Buzz. A honey bee flies near the screen of the window.  I know this bee. It is protective of the flowers around this house.  I respect its territorial nature.

The buzzing drifts away.

To the left, a patch of young green leaves stir and sway by an invisible breeze, and then my attention is drawn to center to another patch of merlot colored leaves up high stirring them gently.

The gently massaging cool breeze reaches my face like a gentle stroke of a hand across my cheek.

Tweets. Cheeps. Trills.  Caw.  Caw.  Sounds of the suburban jungle is the background music that is massaging my soul.

Every moment is new, fresh to hear, feel and see.

Pause and look out your open window.

 

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