Saturday’s challenge to watch what I am doing or else I will miss something!

This week I celebrate the second week of the Writing and Spiritual Practice Ecourse.  I have learned two things; among others  that I would like to share.  I read an essay on Clear seeing by Fiona Robyn and the question ‘What gets in the way of my clear seeing?’
For me, it is this state of anticipation; thinking that this action is preparing me for the next; never in this moment. For instance cleaning the house: ‘When this is all done I will sit down and do ‘whatever’.’
So to address this I wrote a funny small stone watching; me the cleaning fairy flitting like a butterfly spreading cleanliness, perfume and fresh air … albeit with a hypodermic syringe,  even polishing the studious one as she worked doggedly in the corner to get things done!!

The cleaning woman manifests as a hypodermic syringe

injecting cleanliness and perfume.

Freshly  laundered linen erupts from the machine.

Recharged pot pourri of rose petals and chamomile buds.

The oil burner exudes rich perfumed breath

with bergamot and thyme.

Even the bookworm in the corner

is not exempt from her vervent purge;

her desk is elbow greased, polished with lavender beeswax.

Such is the fervour of the Friday cleaning fairy.

Air from the open back door not so perfumed,

but tingles as the fairy leaves as quietly as she arrived.

Secondly, accepting praise, or not in my case; stops me from seeing clearly.  This ecourse is a forum for us to contribute thoughts, hopes, praise and fears, maybe in the form of small stones.  Each day I have ventured in and produced some precious gems carefully smoothed.  As the week passed so the praise popped in  … meaningful words timefully (?) placed. However, I fearfully brushed it aside; more cruelly I lost my patience, began having negative thoughts … ‘Oh! She is just saying that,’ ‘She likes the sound of her own voice’ ‘I bet she says that to everyone”
Not accepting the praise; twisting my gut this way and that to de-recognise the truth and my worth.
So today I accept the praise proffered so graciously yesterday and throughout the week.  I hold it for a proud moment and offer it to you all; without you it would not have happened

Welcome praise
warms heart
motivates mind
return love