A Garden of Earthly Delights

Every day I try to feast at the garden of earthly delights. It is not always easy. I get bogged down. My body flags. My mind fails me. But when it all comes together, or even some of it comes together, or even one part of it sends sparks of pleasure or hope or community or contentedness or any of many other good things, then, it is a success and it is a go and I find life worth living.

Learning to stay me during the hard parts is one of my greatest difficulties though.

Today, we heard many birds on our morning walk, but when I took my morning snack outside, I only heard goldfinches. There was noisy machinery on the road, and that might have been driving the birds away or encouraging them to keep quiet.

I mowed yard today. It was hard.

Tomorrow I am going on an adventure, and I am looking forward to it.

In the lunch bowls: Cheesy rice & tossed salad

In the drinking glass: Diet root beer

On the dinner plate: broccoli-shrimp stir fry, rice