#19 Mindful Sunday, and a good run

Mindfulness is so important to me, but I sometimes lose it. Fortunately I found it again on Sunday. I began by leading a walking meditation in a beautiful park. The walk was sponsored by the church and the sangha, and we had eight participants. It was beautiful. The weather was perfect -- about 72 degrees and clear. There were birds singing, flowers blooming and wonderful scents in the air. After the walk, my son and I went to the church service and it was also very mindful. There was a guest speaker, Gloria Bates, and she quoted Thich Nhat Hanh in her sermon. In the early afternoon we had a planning meeting for a mindfulness retreat the sangha is planning in September, and that went very well also. Then the sangha went well. After that I went to a poetry reading at Borders, and I read a new poem I just wrote Saturday. It was very well received. People cam up after the reading and asked me for copies of it. I was glad that my poem touched so many people.

After that stormy run Friday, I neglected to run all weekend, but I just had a very good run this (Tuesday) morning, so I feel like I am back on track again.

Life is good.