Last week, I vowed to create ‘the perfect Sunday’ and what can I say?

Well, it was Ok. I had a lie-in, went to Lewes, avoided cleaning the kitchen floor. But I was so focussed on trying to have a good time, that it wasn’t as good as I thought it ‘should’ be.

But then one of our Big Peacers sent me an email saying that …wasn’t the whole idea of The Big Peace to enjoy the every day versus constantly chasing the next thrill?

It led me to get out my The Miracle of Mindfulness book by the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh.

It helped me remember how washing the dishes (or washing the floor) can be wonderfully fulfilling activity to do (bear with me…..) – if we do it mindfully i.e. keep our mind focussed on each stroke, each splash of water, watching the flowers bob outside the window.

I also found this great clip on you tube too:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4018343704501897813#

I have washed my kitchen floor this weekend, I’ve also sorted out the airing cupboard (which hasn’t been sorted in….actually it’s never, ever been sorted), I’ve done a pile of ironing and I don’t iron. And I didn’t feel resentful, cross, sorry for myself once. I stayed in the moment, watched the steam, folded towels, mopped away.

Ok, I know! I know! It doesn’t sound the most exciting time ever. But this is me, who’s been hooked on the rollercoaster/by the drama in my head for so long. And there I am enjoying doing the ironing.

If anything has proved to me that the Big Peace is working, it’s that.

I think that Thich Nhat Hahn might be on to something, you know.

xxx